F.N. is a 57-year-old homemaker, happily married with grown children and two new grandchildren. F.N
made an appointment with her optometrist to explore progressive left eye visual loss over a 9-month
period.
Her eye examination findings were essentially normal, and the optometrist referred her to a neu
rologist. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan revealed a 2.5-cm primary brain mass, and she is now
scheduled for a supratentorial craniotomy. Her past medical history is significant only for hypertension,
for which she takes long-acting metoprolol (Toprol XL) 100 mg/day. Her past surgical history includes ton
sillectomy and adenoidectomy as a child, cholecystectomy at age 35, and a total hysterectomy at age 42.
List six other general symptoms associated with many brain tumors to assess for in F.N.
Headache; vomiting not preceded by nausea and unrelated to food intake; weakness, hemiparesis,
or hemiparesthesia; impaired gait; speech deficits; agraphia; lethargy; memory loss; personality or
behavioral changes; hearing changes; papillary changes; dizziness; facial weakness; or generalized
or focal seizure activity.
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