Medulloblastoma history and symptoms
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Musadiq Ali M.B.B.S.[2]Haytham Allaham, M.D. [3]
Overview
Overview
The hallmark of medulloblastoma is morning headache. Other common symptoms of medulloblastoma include recurrent vomiting, restlessness, and frequent falls.[1]
History
History
- When evaluating a patient for medulloblastoma, you should take a detailed history of the presenting symptom (duration, onset, progression), a thorough past medical history review, and a review of any other associated symptoms. When obtaining the history focus on a possible associated syndromes such as:[1][2]
Symptoms
Symptoms
- Symptoms of medulloblastoma may include:[1]
- Morning headache
- Restlessness
- Recurrent vomiting
- Diplopia
- Frequent falls
- Positional dizziness
- Facial sensory loss
- Weakness
- Poor feeding
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Medulloblastoma. Wikipedia(2015) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medulloblastoma#cite_note-23 Accessed on September, 28 2015
- ↑ Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Medulloblastoma. Radiopaedia (2015) http://radiopaedia.org/articles/medulloblastoma Accessed on September, 28th 2015
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