Nervous System Tumors

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Signs and Symptoms

A tumor is a mass of cells that grows over time and expands inside the brain. This expansion causes two general types of symptoms: increased pressure inside the head (intracranial pressure) and disrupted brain function. The increased intracranial pressure can result from the growing tumor itself, swelling associated with metastatic tumors, or hydrocephalus (a swelling caused by the accumulation of too much cerebrospinal fluid) obstructing the normal flow of cerebral spinal ...Read the full article