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  • Chapter 19 - Brain Tumors and Other Neuro-oncologic Emergencies

  • from Section 3 - Specific Neurological Disorders in Emergency Medicine
  • Edited by Thomas P. Campbell, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, Kevin M. Kelly, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh
  • Book:
    Handbook of Emergency Neurology
    Published online:
    10 January 2024
    Print publication:
    17 August 2023, pp 283-294

  • Summary

    Neuro-oncologic emergencies encompass a wide variety of complaints and can occur in patients with both CNS and non-CNS malignancies. The differential diagnosis for neurologic symptoms includes brain metastases, primary brain tumor, leptomeningeal disease, spinal cord compression, infection, and neurologic complications of cancer. The emergency physician must consider CNS tumors in their initial differential diagnosis of common chief complaints (e.g., headache, seizure, weakness), and deal with CNS emergencies in patients with established cancer diagnoses.