Wilms' tumor

cancer. She has three tumors on her brain, but cancer does not originate in the brain it comes from another spot in the body. For maw-maw it began with a small spot on her lungs.The largest tumor on her brain is the size of a golf ball. ” This was my biggest nightmare. “What does that mean? Momma” “The doctor can’t tell us too much until after her next appointment. That is when we will line up all the procedures. They did mention she will need to have surgery to remove the tumors on her brain.…

The best imagining device that would be best to use to localize the tumor in the man’s brain is the MRI. This is because the MRI, which is also known as the Magnetic Resonance Imaging, is a scanner that uses a powerful magnet and radio waves linked to a computer to create remarkably clear and detailed cross sectional images of the body. The MRI machine can be used to view, monitor or diagnose various things. It can be used to identify and monitor abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord, and…

information she knew by heart, and could not perform basic mental tasks, which are all symptoms of brain tumor (Liu et al., 2009). While she just overlooked it thinking she was stressed or exhausted, her second youngest son (the one who lives near her) advised her to go to the hospital to check her brain as a precautionary measurement. Thankfully, she listened and was diagnosed with a brain tumor that was still in its relatively early stages. Our entire extended family is grateful to the second…

middle child of five children. I never took interest in specifically pharmacy. But because I was kind, patient, and caring I always knew that I wanted a career in the medical field. This all changed the day my father was diagnosed with stage-four brain tumor called Glioblastoma. I was only nine years old when my siblings and I had certain responsibilities when taking care of my father. I had the responsibility to give him his medication which was often multiple pills at once assuming each for a…

Usually, when children have malignant brain tumors, they will need radiation therapy to try to stop the malignant cells from spreading. Doctors try their hardest to postpone radiational therapy in children as it may generate long-term brain effects. When radiation therapy is used, the radiational energy transmitted to the tumor area can affect abnormal tissue as well as normal tissue, which can induce problems. The more tissue area that the doctors choose to radiate, the higher the chance…

The biggest red flag in Whitman’s case in the presence of a brain tumor that was pressing against his amgydala (Midd, 2000). The amgydala is a small structure in the frontal lobe of the brain that helps to regulate emotions. There are close ties between the amgydala, psychopathy, and lack of emotion (Bartol, 2011). This…

aggressive and most common primary brain tumor, but it isn’t quite that simple. GBM has quite a complex background and can start in many different ways, so that’s why I feel I should start from the very beginning of GBM so that you can fully understand what it is all about. Let me start by saying that GBM is the highest grade of glioma brain tumors, so it only makes sense for me to tell where GBM and glioma tumors come from. A glioma is a type of brain tumor that grows from glial cells, cells…

Cranioplasty is the method of treatment of skull defects; it is required to protect the underlying brain, correct major aesthetic deformities or both (Pompili et al., 1998). Today, three-dimensional (3D) models of anatomical structures can be constructed based on anatomical information from scanning data coming from computerized tomography (CT). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data is used to 3D modelling of soft tissues and computerized tomography (CT) for Hard tissues (i.e. bone) of the human…

Magnetic resonance imaging uses non-aggressive magnetic imaging technology to produce a three dimensional image of a bodily part. This is similar yet different to the use of x-ray imaging for similar purposes, however, MRI has no trace of the damaging ionizing radiation given off during the use of x-rays and CT scans. MRI is generally used for inspection and detection in the muscles, ligaments and soft tissue through the human body and can be used to monitor treatments, diagnosis of a patient…

postoperative neurological decline in 21% to 64% of patients [18, 22, 23, 24, 26]. However, it might become possible to improve the survival rate of spinal cord astrocytoma by preventing neurological aggravation after treatment. Also, with previous studies, tumor dissemination was seen to be a signifi cant poor prognostic factor for surviva [11, 14, 22, 24]. However, in our study, it is not considered in this…