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.
In Senator Kennedy's case, the seizure was a presentation of a severe condition - a malignant tumor of the brain. According to news sources, biopsy results indicated that the tumor was a glioma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor, and is located in the left parietal lobe of the brain.