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Pineocytoma

by kewltink, Jun 08, 2009 01:36PM

Tags: tumour, Brain Tumour, pineocytoma

My dad had suffered from headaches from about grade 6. On January 9th, 2009, he was diagnosed with a pineocytoma, or a benign tumour in the middle of his his brain. My parents and doctor want me to get a CAT scan to see if a brain tumour is causing my headaches. Are pineocytomas hereditary?

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by rumpled

, Jun 13, 2009 02:19PM

Unless you see a bunch of them in his/your family, there should not be a disposition for you to have one - mostly they do not know what causes these lesions.

In doing research, they say that tumor is not inherited.

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