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Brain Tumor

Third Ventricle Colloid Cyst in MRI - Brain Colloid Cyst Treatment

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Dear Dr Joshua,
Need some clarity re this MRI brain Scan..
MRI Brain Scan showing features of colloid cyst(+-1cm diam) between foramina of Munro, with mild to moderate dilatation of lateral ventricles causing degree of hydrocephalus also revealing extensive mucosal thichening of all oaranasal sinuses, especially ethmoid and frontal sinuses..what would have caused the cyst and the [...]

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Brain Abscess - Brain Surgery

Friday, February 16th, 2007

My sister has a brain abscess that originally was located in the center of the brain and she developed spinal meningitis. A week ago, the CAT scan showed the abscess had moved to the “right ventricle”. The doctors are puzzled about the bacteria and are unable to find out what the bacteria is and have [...]

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Meningioma, Operate or Follow?

Sunday, February 11th, 2007

I had been experiencing joint pain for over 6 months and in December the doctor precribed 5mg of predisone 3 times a day. I started taking the predisone on Dec 18th and on Dec 20th I started to have a very strange sensation which I thought was a reaction to the drug. I was feeling [...]

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Choroid Plexus Papilloma Surgery Complications

Sunday, February 4th, 2007

Dear Dr. Joshua, I had surgery 12/04 to remove a benign choriod plexus papilloma in the fourth ventrical. I now suffer from double vision, lack of coordination (left side) and poor balance. All of which have improved slightly, can I expect further improvement after two years?
How often should I have follow-up MRI’s? [...]

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Cosmetic Surgery Repair for Craniotomy Defect

Friday, January 19th, 2007

Hi Doctor Joshua
please can you give me some advice, Im having a second cranioplasty operation in a few months to fill a defect which I was left with after a tumor removal in 1999 when I was 16. In May last year ( o6) I had a titanium plate fitted to the side of my [...]

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Pseudotumor cerebri, symptoms of elevated intracranial pressure

Monday, December 4th, 2006

I have been diagnosed with Pseudo Tumor Cerebi roughly 2 years ago (due to my weight and being on bith control). I had an MRI (which was normal) and a spinal tap(which they said was in the higher, normal range). I was prescribed Diamox 500mg. They worked wonders (but the manufacturer has [...]

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Sensitive skull, concerned about brain tumor

Monday, December 4th, 2006

Dr Joshua-
I am a 27 year old male with a huge concern. I am worried about a brain tumor. Now, I rarely get headaches and I don’t think I have gotten a migraine in my life that I could remember. No vomitting or anything like that. Vision is ok as well.dizziness though one day like [...]

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Child headache and vomiting

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

My daughter will be 3 in Dec, however she has been experiencing strange illnesses for over a yr.Last yr she woke “zoning” out, but awake,put in bath to pep her up and I noticed her feet and legs were blue.I dressed her,assuming she was cold,brought her down to her high chair when I noticed her [...]

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Lung Cancer Brain Metastasis

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

Dear Doctor,  I am from Bangalore, India. My mother, 67 years old, had a lesion on her left lung which was operated. After 6 months we found that she had a 2 cm tumor in the left lobe of her brain. Had radiation, SRT, chemo,temodal etc but it did not shrink. The last was surgery. The [...]

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Pineal Cyst and Visual Disturbance

Friday, June 16th, 2006

Question: I had an mri scan two weeks ago to diagnose a visual disturbance (blurring of my right eye) I’ve experienced for five weeks now. The report indicated that there was no evidence of abnormal enhancement of my optic nerves, however, it found a large lobulated cyst in the pineal region (1.8 cm sagittal oblique [...]

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