brainstem tumor meaning

• [Medicine]
  Benign and malignant intra-axial tumors of the MESENCEPHALON; PONS; or MEDULLA OBLONGATA of the BRAIN STEM. Primary and metastatic neoplasms may occur in this location. Clinical features include ATAXIA,cranial neuropathies (see CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES),NAUSEA,hemiparesis (see HEMIPLEGIA),and quadriparesis. Primary brain stem neoplasms are more frequent in children. Histologic subtypes include GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; GANGLIOGLIOMA; and EPENDYMOMA.

• The clinical study on intraoperative monitoring of the auditory brainstem evoked potential in the brainstem tumor operations
• The differential diagnosis of brainstem tumor for a patient with this age includes astrocytoma, intramedullary ependymoma, medulloblastoma and choroid plexus papilloma

• "brainstem tumor" meaning in Chinese: 《英文msh词典》Brainstem Tumor