Abstract Ewing’s Sarcoma is a very rare type of cancer that occurs in bones or soft tissue. It can spread from bones to soft tissues. It affects about one in a million people per year. It is slightly more often seen in males than in females. White people or Caucasians are mostly affected than African Americans or Asians. Ewings sarcoma…
Neurofibromatosis Syndrome: A rare genetic disorder, is a condition that causes defects in the nervous system. Neurofibromatosis Syndrome is a disorder in which, a tumor forms on nerve tissue. These tumors develop anywhere in your nervous system such as the brain, spinal cord and anywhere in nerves. This disease is identified by dark skin patches and tumors on the nerves….
Also popular as Buckwheat, is a natural food with enormous nutritional benefits and has excellent healthy properties, if consumed regularly. Wheat is the most popular cereal, which is consumed by the human race since centuries ago. When we humans began sowing plants and later on harvesting them to consume them to drive away hunger and survive in a healthy way,…
Tumor in the brain and spinal cord is called Glioma. This tumor originates in the gluey supportive cells (glial cells) which surrounds the nerve cells and helps in functioning. These brain tumors are often diagnosed in older adults. Males are much more affected by these Brain tumors incomparrison to females. Children diagnosed with gliomas are of low grade. Classification of Glioma depends…
What is ACOUSTIC NEUROMA? Acoustic neuroma also called as vestibular schwannoma, is a non-cancerous and usually slow-growing tumor that develops on the main (vestibular) nerve leading from inner ear to brain. Schwann cells covering the nerve which grows slow or not cause acoustic neuroma. It is rare when it grows rapidly and become large enough or press against the brain…
Overview Neurofibromatosis or von Recklinghausen’s disease may be defined as the condition that is characterized by multiple neuro-fibromas and pigmented skin spots (cafe au lait spots). Three main conditions are responsible for causing tumour growth in the nervous system. Neurofibromatosis type 1, neurofibromatosis type 2 and schwannomatosis are the major three types. These patients have the family history consistent with…
What is Glomus Tumour? Glomus tumour is an uncommon true benign tumour arising from contractile glomus cells that are present in the arteriovenous shunts (sucquet-hoyer anastomosis). These tumours are found most often in the dermis of the fingers or toes under a nail; other sites are mucosa of the stomach and nasal cavity. These lesions are characterised by extreme pain….
Pleomorphic Adenomais a very common type of non-cancerous tumor also known as benign neoplasm. It is found in your salivary gland and most common tumor of the parotid gland. Pleomorphic Adenoma term derived from pleomorphism ie. its variable appearance seen in light microscopy. It is a Benign Mixed tumor (BMT’s) type of salivary gland because of its pleomorphic appearance, characterized by…
Introduction This problem arises due to abnormal growth of cells. This happens when old cells do not die. This occurs when the body’s ability to kill old cells fails and keeps on producing new cells that are abnormal. These cells may form a mass of tissue called tumor, but there are tumors that do not lead to cancer such as…
ABSTRACT Cancer harms the body when damaged cells divide frenziedly to form lumps or masses of tissues that is called tumors. When tumor spreads to other parts of the body and grows, it destroys the healthy tissues, this process is called metastasis. This condition becomes very difficult to treat. We effective Cancer Care Pack at Planet Ayurveda for all types of cancer. This Cancer Care…