brain tumors in elderly are increasing as the number of people, who comprise the older population, does.about half of the patients with brain tumors appear to be over 60 years of age.in this review article, glioblastoma multiform, as the most common malignant tumor of the central nervous system in elderly is discussed in details of definition, prognosis, diagnosis, treatment and differential di...

background : the brain is a rare site of metastases from ovarian cancer. limited data are available on prognostic factors, standard treatment, and survival. knowledge of clinical prognostic factors would help the management of patients with brain metastases. the aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of clinical factors and treatment modalities on survival in patients with brain metastases...

Glioblastoma multiform(GBM) is the most prevalent primary brain tumor. Exosomes are extracellular vehicles for exchanging information between various cell types including cancer and normal cells. Exosomes are indicative of pathophysiological conditions of brain tumors that could be used in diagnosis and prognosis of GBM. In tumors, exosomes could carry various molecules like several miRNAs and ...

Introduction: The brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain, which is one of the most important challenges in neurology. Brain tumors have different types. Some brain tumors are benign and some brain tumors are cancerous and malignant. Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) is the most common and deadliest malignant brain tumor in adults. The average survival rate for peo...

hydatidosis is a parasitic disease in all over the world which is caused by a cestode (tape worm). liver, lung, and brain are the most common involved organs and involvement of muscles and bones is unusual. we report a 32years old man who had low back and radicular leg pain. he had a paravertebral mass with involvement of spinal column. this patient was operated with differential diagnosis of t...

    Abstract   The Intraparenchymal schwannomas are very rare tumors with only 52 reported   cases . We describe a 38 years old man with eight months history of poorly controlled   seizures despite of medical therapy. On brain CT scan a 1.5 x 1.5 cm hypodense enhancing lesion was seen in right posterior-inferior frontal lobe. On brain MRI the lesion   was hypointense in T1 and hyperintense in T...

abstract: gestational trophoblastic neoplasm (gtn) is among rare human tumors which can be observed with widespread metastasis. two young patients with emergent neurologic symptoms with no gynecological problems are presented in this report. gtn was later diagnosed in both cases with brain metastasis. the first case: a 22 years old patient, admitted to the infectious disease ward, with probable...

background: very few studies have utilized specific criteria to assess mental disorders in brain tumor patients. this study aimed to diagnose mental disorders in this population using dsm-iv (depression, sleep, and mood) criteria. methods: from march 2007 to july 2009, the surgically treated patients with intracranial neoplasm were included in the study. these patients were examined in an ambul...