The most frequent symptoms of brain tumors include:
- Headaches that tend to be
worse in the morning and ease during the day,
- Seizures (convulsions),
- Nausea or vomiting,
- Weakness or loss of feeling
in the arms or legs,
- Stumbling or lack of coordination
in walking (ataxic gait),
- Abnormal eye movements or
changes in vision,
- Drowsiness,
- Changes in personality or
memory, and
- Changes in speech.
Diagnosis
Depending on the results of the
physical and neurologic examinations, the doctor
may request one or both of the following: