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Gliomatosis cerebri history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
When evaluating a patient for gliomatosis cerebri, you should take a detailed history of the presenting symptom (onset, duration, and progression), other associated symptoms, and a thorough family and past medical history review. Other specific areas of focus when obtaining the history include review of common associated conditions such as neurofibromatosis type 1. Symptoms of gliomatosis cerebri include headache, nausea, vomiting, seizure, loss of balance, memory loss, personality changes, cognitive problems, confusion, diplopia, difficulty in swallowing, difficulty in speech, motor weakness, and facial numbness.
History
History
When evaluating a patient for gliomatosis cerebri, you should take a detailed history of the presenting symptom (onset, duration, and progression), other associated symptoms, and a thorough family and past medical history review. Other specific areas of focus when obtaining the history include a review of common associated conditions such as neurofibromatosis type 1.[1]
References
References
- ↑ Koszyca B, Moore L, Byard RW (1993). “Lethal manifestations of neurofibromatosis type 1 in childhood”. Pediatr Pathol. 13 (5): 573–81. PMID 8247955.
- ↑ Buis DR, van der Valk P, De Witt Hamer PC (2012). “Subcutaneous tumor seeding after biopsy in gliomatosis cerebri”. J Neurooncol. 106 (2): 431–5. doi:10.1007/s11060-011-0678-2. PMC 3230756. PMID 21837541.
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