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Neuro-oncology

Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome

March 24, 2021 · Ameerah Gardee · Leave a Comment

SMA Syndrome stands for Supplementary Motor Area Syndrome. It is a temporary neurosurgical condition first documented in 1977 and arises from damage to the  supplementary motor area of the brain. It occurs in 26-100% of surgeries that take place in one of the two supplementary motor areas. We can think of it in 3 phases, which […]

Haemangioblastoma

March 10, 2021 · Sidi el Amani · Leave a Comment

Firstly what is a tumour? A solid tumour is an abnormal mass of cells that grows on human tissue. We call these cells ‘neoplastic’, meaning ‘new growth’ – these growths are neither requested nor required. We usually distinguish between malignant and benign tumours. Cancerous tumours can be malignant and so they can grow quickly or […]

GBM

March 31, 2020 · Alex Alamri · 2 Comments

Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common and aggressive adult brain tumour that exists, comprising of 16% of all adult primary brain tumours, they also occur in children, but this is more rare.(1) These tumours are the most aggressive subtype of a group of tumours known as gliomas. These come from glial cells which provide neurons […]

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