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Brain Conditions Treated at UPMC

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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

    Contact the UPMC Department of Neurosurgery

    To make an appointment or learn more:

    • Call us at 1-412-647-3685 or outside the U.S., call 1-877-320-8762.
    • Fill out our UPMC Neurosurgery contact form.

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