BRAIN-TUMOR

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BRAIN-TUMOR

Definition: a malignant neoplasm in the brain, having originated in another site of the body, most commonly in the breast or lung. The symptoms of metastatic brain tumor are headaches, seizures, loss of sensation, difficulty in walking or balancing, lethargy, and emotional instability. Diangosis is carried out with a CT scan or MRI.

Conceptual Structures
ISA	MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-BRAIN
SUBCLASSES	METASTATIC-BRAIN-TUMOR
DESCENDANTS	METASTATIC-BRAIN-TUMOR
ANCESTORS	ALL CHANGE-STATE CHANGE-STATE-ANIMAL DISEASE-EVENT EVENT HAVE-NEOPLASM LIVING-EVENT MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-BY-BODY-PART MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-BRAIN MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-NERVOUS-SYSTEM MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM-OF-OTHER-AND-UNSPECIFIED-SITES- PHYSICAL-EVENT
RELATIONS	DIAGNOSED-WITH : STEREOTACTIC-BIOPSY CEREBRAL-ANGIOGRAPHY BRAIN-SCAN ANGIOGRAPHY VENTRICULOGRAPHY ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY SPINAL-TAP NEUROLOGICAL-WORKUP TREATED-WITH : STEREOTACTIC-SURGERY
INHERITED RELATIONS	AFFECTS-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM : PART-OF-PHYSIOLOGICAL-SYSTEM (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) AFFECTS-TISSUE : TISSUE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) AGENT : ANIMAL (from LIVING-EVENT ) CAUSED-BY : CARCINOGEN (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) DIAGNOSED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : MEDICAL-DEVICE (from DISEASE-EVENT ) EXPERIENCER : PATIENT (from DISEASE-EVENT ) HAS-RISK-FACTOR : DIET (from MALIGNANT-NEOPLASM ) LOCATION : PLACE (from PHYSICAL-EVENT ) THEME : OBJECT (from CHANGE-STATE ) TREATED-WITH-THE-USE-OF : PHARMACEUTICAL-MATERIAL (from HAVE-NEOPLASM ) MEDICAL-DEVICE (from HAVE-NEOPLASM )
INHERITED ATTRIBUTES	DIRECTION-OF-CHANGE : NEGATIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) POSITIVE (from CHANGE-STATE ) TYPE-OF-CHANGE : PHYSICAL (from DISEASE-EVENT ) MENTAL (from DISEASE-EVENT )