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Neurosurgery Conditions and Treatments

Follow the links to learn about UPMC's approach to treating brain, spine and nerve disorders. Each condition is listed with treatments underneath.

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Conditions We Treat

A

Acoustic neuroma

Acromegaly

Adenocarcinoma

Adenoid cystic carcinoma

Adenoma (pituitary tumor) - Pituitary Center

Aneurysm, cerebral (brain)

Angiofibroma

Angioma, cavernous

Apoplexy, pituitary

Arachnoid cyst

Arteriovenous malformation (AVM)/fistula

Astrocytoma

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B

Basilar Invagination 

Brain abscess

Brain aneurysm (cerebral aneurysm)

Brain metastases

Brain tumor

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C

Carcinoma, adenoid cystic

Carcinoma, squamous cell

Carotid stenosis

Carotid-cavernous sinus fistula

Cavernous angioma

Cavernous carotid fistula

Cavernous hemangioma

Central neurocytoma

Cerebral (brain) aneurysm

Cerebral cavernous malformation

Cerebral hemorrhage

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak

Chiari malformation

Cholesteatoma/cholesterol granuloma 

Chondroma

Chondrosarcoma

Chordoma

Choroid plexus tumor

Compression fracture

Colloid cyst

Cranial nerve disorders

Craniofacial fracture

Craniofacial malformation

Craniopharyngioma

Cushing’s disease

Cyst, colloid

Cyst, odontoid

Cyst, Rathke's cleft

Cyst, synovial

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D

Degenerative disc disease

Dermoid & epidermoid tumors

Disc herniation

Dural arteriovenous fistula

Dysplasia, fibrous

Dystonia

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E

Encephalocele

Ependymoma

Epidermoid tumor

Epilepsy

Essential tremor

Esthesioneuroblastoma (olfactory neuroblastoma)

Extracranial vascular disease

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F

Fibrous dysplasia

Fistula, carotid-cavernous sinus

Fistula, cavernous carotid

Fracture, compression

Fracture, craniofacial

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G

Geniculate neuralgia

Glioblastoma multiforme

Glioma

Glomus tumor

Glossopharyngeal neuralgia

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H

Hemangioblastoma

Hemangioma, cavernous (brain)

Hemangioma (spine)

Hemangiopericytoma

Hemifacial spasm (facial twitch)

Hemorrhage, cerebral/intracranial

Herniated disc

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I

Inflammatory pseudotumor, orbital

Injury, spinal

Intracerebral hemorrhage

Intracranial atherosclerosis

Intraventricular tumor and lesions

Invasive fungal sinusitis

Inverted papilloma

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K

Kyphosis

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L

Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Syndrome

Lumbar disc rupture/herniation

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M

Macroadenoma

Malignant meningioma

Meningioma (brain)

Meningioma (spine)

Meningocele

Metastatic tumor (brain)

Metastatic tumor (spine)

Microadenoma

Moyamoya

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N

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

Neuralgia, geniculate

Neuralgia, glossopharyngeal

Neuralgia, occipital

Neuralgia, trigeminal

Neuroblastoma, olfactory

Neurofibroma (brain)

Neurofibroma (spine)

Neurilemmoma (acoustic neuroma)

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O

Occipital neuralgia

Odontoid pannus

Odontoid synovial cyst

Olfactory neuroblastoma

Oligodendroglioma

Optic nerve compression

Orbital inflammatory pseudotumor

Osteoma

Osteoporosis

Osteosarcoma

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P

Pannus, odontoid

Pannus, Rheumatoid 

Pain, back or disc

Papilloma, inverted

Paraganglioma (glomus tumor)

Parkinson's Disease

Pituitary apoplexy

Pituitary tumor (adenoma)

Pseudotumor cerebri

  • Eyebrow Craniotomy

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R

Rathke's cleft cyst

Rhabdomyosarcoma

Rheumatoid pannus

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S

Schwannoma (brain)

Schwannoma (spine)

Schwannoma (vestibular)

Scoliosis

SEGA (subependymal giant cell astrocytoma)

Sinus thrombosis

Sinus tumor

Sinusitis, Invasive Fungal

Spasm, hemifacial

Spinal compression fracture

Spinal cord injury and spinal trauma

Spinal hemangioma

Spinal stenosis

Spinal tumors

Spondylolisthesis

Squamous cell carcinoma

Stenosis, spinal

Stroke

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma

Subependymoma

Synovial cyst, odontoid

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T

Trigeminal neuralgia and atypical trigeminal neuralgia

Tumors, brain

Tumors, intraventricular

Tumors, metastatic (brain)

Tumors, metastatic (spine)

Tumors, spine

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V

Vascular malformation, brain

Vascular malformation, spine

Ventricular tumors

Vestibular schwannoma

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