Classification
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Location in Brain
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Brain Tumour Symptoms
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Type 1, Chordomas
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Base of the skull, the lower part of the spine, often puts pressure on neural tissue
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Nosebleed, headache, vision problem, muscle weakness, bowel problem
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Craniopharyngiomas
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Deep inside the brain on the pituitary gland
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Obesity, delayed development in the child, vision problem for the swollen optic nerve, hormonal problem
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Gangliocytomas
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Neoplastic nerve cells
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Endocrine disorder, vision problem, brain pressure
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Glomus jugulare
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On the top of the jugular vein at the base of the skull
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Dizziness, hearing loss, hoarseness, loss of facial muscle movement
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Meningiomas
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In intracranial part of the brain on the membrane-like structure across brain and spinal cord
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Headache, weakness, seizures, vision problem
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Pineocytomas
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In pineal cells
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Pituitary adenomas
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On pituitary gland
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Hormonal problem, vision problem, headache, behavioural changes
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Schwannomas
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In nerve cells
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pins-and-needle feeling, weakness, back and neck pain, lump, burning sensation
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Type 2, Astrocytomas
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In glial cells of the primary brain, spinal cord, cerebrum
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Memory loss, seizures, behaviour change, headache
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Ependymomas
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Ependymal cells in the lining of the ventricular system of the brain (caused by neoplastic transformation)
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Headache, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, balance and walking problem, blurry vision, bowel problem
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM)
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Grows in glial cells, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes
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Nausea, vomiting, headache, weakness, memory problem, difficulty in balancing, seizures
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Medulloblastomas
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Cerebellum
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Hearing loss, dizziness, vomiting, nausea, problem in thinking ability.
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Oligodendrogliomas
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Cells of myelin, the insulating wire of the brain
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Language problem, balance and walking problem, personality change, memory loss, seizure
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Hemangioblastomas
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Blood vessels to the cerebellum
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Loss of coordination, headache, imbalance, vomiting
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Rhabdoid tumours
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Central nervous system
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Morning headache, un-sleepiness, loss of balance, coordination problem, increase in the size of the head, trouble in walking.
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