1. By: Guadalupe Solis
Period 2

2. What is a A tumor is an abnormal
growth of body tissue.
tumor ? And also a tumor can be
either benign (not serious
or harmful) or malignant
(cancerous or deadly).
• Either type may require
therapy to remove it or
reduce its size.

3. Lists Of Tumors

4. • Brain tumor is an
What is a brain tumor abnormal growth
? tissue in the brain.
• The tumor can
either originate in
the brain itself
(primary brain
tumor), or come
from another part
of the body and
travel to the brain
(metastatic or
secondary tumor).

5. First, primary brain
How Does It tumor are those that
start in the brain, or
Happen? near to the brain. These
can happen in the skull,
in the cranial nerves, as
well as in the brain
membrane, pituitary
gland and pineal
gland. In primary brain
tumors, there is no
other source of cancer
or tumors within the
rest of the body.

6. Different Types Of Tumors
There are many types of brain tumors. The first way to divide brain
tumors is based on whether they are primary or secondary :
Primary brain tumors are tumors that begin in the brain.
• Primary brain tumors can be divided based on what type of cell the
tumor began. Some primary brain tumor types are meningioma,
ependymoma, pineal tumors, germ cell tumors, etc. The name of a
tumor depends in part on what kind of cell it comes from. They can
also be named for the tumor location within the brain.
Secondary brain tumors are tumors that started our elsewhere in the
body and spread, or metastasized, to the brain.
• For example, secondary brain tumors could have begun as breast or
lung cancer.

7. Meningioma
What is
Meningioma?
• Meningioma are the
second most common
primary neoplasm
(brain tumor) of the
central nervous
system.

8. Ependymoma
What is ependymoma?
• Ependymoma is a tumor
that arises from the
ependyma, a tissue of the
central nervous system.
The Causes
• There are no known
environmental causes for
ependymomas, but there
have been a number of
mutations in the genes in the
patients that are diagnosed
with the disease.

9. Pinealoma
What
isPinealoma?
• Pinealoma is a tumor
of the pineal gland.
Symptoms
• Other symptoms
may include
hydrocephalus, gait
disturbances, and
precocious puberty.

10. What are the risks for
having brain tumors?
The risks for having brain tumors are:
• Your age: Your risk of a brain tumor increases as you
age
• Chemical exposure on the job: People working in
certain industries may HAVE an increased risk of brain
tumors, possibly because of the chemicals they're
exposed to on the job.
• Family history: A small portion of brain tumors occur
in people with a family history of brain tumors or a
family history of genetic syndromes.

11. Symptoms The
symptoms
The Symptoms of a of brain
brain tumor are: tumors
• Headaches depend
• Nausea or vomiting
• Problems balancing
on tumor
or walking size, type,
• Problems with and
memory location.

12. Images :
• Marvin 101 (26.02.2008)“ Hirnmetastas” Photo. Wikipedia.org
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Hirnmetastase_MRT-
T1_KM.jpg
• Glitzy queen00 (…2007) “Contrast enhanced meningioma” Photo.
Wikipedia.orghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Contrast_enhanced_meningi
oma.jpg
• Unknown author (Unknown) “Ependymoma_01” Photo.
Google.comhttp://neurosurgery.ucla.edu/images/Ependymoma_01.jpg
• Dvorak (7 October 2007) “Tumor Pineocytoma1” Photo.
Wikiepedia.orghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Tumor_
Pineocytoma1.JPG
• Klaus D. Peter, Gummersbach, Germany (…2007) “Hidradenoma” Photo.
Wikipedia.orghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Hidrade
noma.jpg

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