Brain Tumor Changed a Woman's Personality
Brain Tumor Changed a Woman's Personality
A large brain tumor caused a California woman's personality to change as it pressed against her frontal lobe. After the tumor was removed, her original personality returned.
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" Doug Duncan who was selected first runner up in the written -- Egypt that it got -- that it is nothing short of America. Seven years ago little girl underwent major certain to -- this giant -- with a -- in the front of her brain."
" Like 24 hours seven days and they'll probably in my mind I the -- I think I'm not the there might have they increased."
" She seemed a little disoriented and she had an edge servers it is starting to get angry."
" Very very hard because I have nothing patient. -- the -- that's about it yeah."
" Yeah I am not happy at that -- and went back to keep plaque made the diagnosis. He explained her other mostly in I was. -- Control personality. -- our classic. Presentation. Of one. These promote tumors and is one can have personality she and I thought -- guys. Beckett -- diet."
" But she wasn't. The tumor was not cancerous. In this surgery like this on another patient black was able to completely remove the tumor without harming normal brain cells. "
" I haven't -- and I felt really happy and I didn't have heavy. Then -- hit it on my own business isn't very good feeling."
" That we used to be getting your dollar -- beautiful children and trained hard for this Asian country. Blood that's important for advancing. Its next that I run a ball."
" Most popular kid by her peers and sparkling personality. And Iran and it is very aggressively into the pool. -- it is very sweet kind injured."
" We're back. And -- game and add Ed thank you it to be and I am -- am planning -- now all I have a lot of hammering home that and feel adorable adorable. Really intelligent kid and I can't help it."
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