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Table 1 Complications of intracranial tumors

From: Intracranial emergencies in neurosurgical oncology: pathophysiology and clinical management

Intracranial tumor complications

A) Increased intracranial pressure

B) Hydrocephalus

C) Tumor-associated epilepsy and status epilepticus

D) Cerebrovascular complications

1) Ischemic stroke

2) Intracerebral hemorrhage

3) Pituitary apoplexy

4) Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis

E) CNS infection