Alopecia totalis; A woman with alopecia totalis: Classification and external resources; Specialty: dermatology: ICD-10: L63.0
CBS News Logo CBS News. Ted Kennedy Has Malignant Brain Tumor. Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2001, during a Washington news conference in the Capitol. Doctors say Sen. Edward Kennedy has brain tumor, condition discovered after he had seizure.
Benign brain tumors. A tumor that is benign does not contain any cancer cells. A benign brain tumor occurs when otherwise normal brain cells grow in an abnormal way and form a mass of cells. A benign tumor does not act like a cancerous brain tumor:1  It usually does not spread beyond the immediate area. 2  It does not invade other tissue.rain tumors are named after the location in which they are found or the type of cell that is involved. Brain tumors may be: 1  Benign (an abnormal growth of cells that is not cancer).