Brain lesion....

[DivaDebs]

hi. can someone please tell me what it is, how it is caused and what the prognosis is. Someone I know was diagnosed today. Thanks

[cazzz1975]

its impossible to know without knowing what type of lesion it is, It may be a cancerous lesion or it may be benign

[DivaDebs]

ah thanks. So it could be cancerous? He has been offered an operation...

[Ethel]

A lesion is simply an abnormality. Depending where it is it can be perfectly safe to leave with no effects whatsoever, or can cause problems such as loss of hearing or loss or balance or headaches or loss of taste or smell....

Some people are born with them and lead perfectly normal lives - the lesions discovered during post mortem and not contributing to the cause of death in any way.

They can be caused by many things including injury; stroke; cancer; mutliple sclerosis.

So as already stated it is impossible to give you a prognosis or the cause.