by emergent | Aug 2, 2013
These are benign, slow-growing nerve tumors, similar to schwannomas. They commonly occur in patients who suffer from neurofibromatosis, a genetic disorder resulting in multiple tumors throughout the body.They can occasionally occur in patients without this genetic...
by emergent | Aug 5, 2009
Tumors of the skull base were at one time linked to a poor prognosis. Advances in microsurgical techniques, an increased understanding of both the skull base anatomy and behavior of these disease processes, and improvements in neuroimaging have allowed such lesions to...
by emergent | Aug 5, 2009
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs) are rare, malignant tumors thought to arise from primitive nerve cells. Several treatment options are available; treatment typically includes a combination of surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and possibly shunt...
by emergent | Aug 5, 2009
The term phakomatoses refers to a broad group of neurologic (brain, spine, and peripheral nerve) disorders that are also known as neurocutaneous syndromes. These diseases, which affect males and females equally, are life-long conditions that can cause tumors to grow...
by emergent | Aug 5, 2009
The orbit is the bony socket that contains and protects the eyeball and allows for the optic nerve to pass from the eye to the brain. The orbital region includes the surrounding bone and the muscles that control the eye, as well as nerves and blood vessels. Tumors may...
