Brain Conditions Treated at UPMC

The UPMC Department of Neurosurgery has some of the most experienced surgeons in the world who are able to treat an array of brain, pituitary, and skull base conditions, including:

• Brain Tumors
• Primary and metastatic brain tumors
• Brain cancer (malignant tumors)
• Pituitary Tumors – at the Pituitary Center
• Pituitary tumor (adenoma, macroadenoma, microadenoma)
• Pituitary apoplexy
• Skull base tumors
• Cushing's disease
• Neurovascular Conditions
• Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)/fistula
• Cavernous carotid fistula (carotid-cavernous sinus fistula)
• Brain (cerebral) aneurysm
• Cerebral cavernous malformation (cavernous angioma, cavernous hemangioma)
• Cerebral hemorrhage
• Dural arteriovenous fistula
• Extracranial or intracranial vascular disease (carotid or vertebral stenosis/atherosclerosis)
• Moyamoya disease
• Sinus thrombosis
• Stroke
• Cranial Nerve Disorders
• Geniculate neuralgia
• Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
• Hemifacial spasm (facial twitch)
• Occipital neuralgia
• Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical trigeminal neuralgia
• Movement Disorders and Epilepsy
• Dystonia
• Epilepsy
• Essential tremor
• Parkinson’s disease
• Chiari Malformation – at the Chiari Center
• Brain Trauma and Injury

Additional Brain Conditions

• Basilar invagination
• Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) leak
• Craniofacial fracture
• Craniofacial malformation