📝BRAIN TUMOURS-SYMPTOMATOLOGY

📌Contralateral signs :  are associated with lesions in the posterior frontal area (motor) or anterior parietal lobe (sensory)

📌Lesions in the dominant hemisphere: Aphasia

📌Lesions in the non dominant hemisphere: Apraxia

📌Temporal lobe lesions : Focal seizures with auras and visual field defects

📌Frontal lobe lesions : Altered cognitive functioning and subtle personality changes

📌Subfrontal lesions : Anosmia

📌Sellar and Parasellar lesions: Visual field and Acuity problems , hypopituitarism, oversecretion syndromes (Cushing Syndrome, Acromegaly)

📌Tumours in relation to Ventricular system : Hydrocephalus , Raised ICP

📌Tumours of the brainstem and cerebellopontine angle : Cranial nerve palsies , long tract signs , secondary hydrocephalus

📌Lesions of Cerebellar vermis : Truncal ataxia

📌Lesions in Cerebellar hemisphere: Appendicular signs such as incoordination and nystagmus 

Reference:

Page :617-618, Bailey and Love’s , SHORT PRACTICE OF SURGERY , 24 th edition