A client who has a brain tumor is scheduled for surgery. The client asks the nurse what are the possible complications of the surgery. How should the nurse respond?

Choice A reason:

This statement is not correct. Gliomas are malignant brain tumors that arise from neuroglial tissue and may cause various neurological deficits depending on their location and size, but they do not typically affect vision or reading ability.

Choice B reason:

This statement is not correct. Meningiomas are benign brain tumors that develop from the meninges and may cause severe headaches that are worse in the morning, seizures, or cranial nerve dysfunction, but they do not typically affect vision or reading ability.

Choice C reason:

This statement is correct, as explained above.

Choice D reason:

This statement is not correct. Acoustic neuromas are benign brain tumors that arise from the acoustic cranial nerve and may cause hearing loss or ringing in the ears, vertigo, facial drooping, or difficulty swallowing, but they do not typically affect vision or reading ability.

Choice A reason:

This statement is not indicative of a meningioma, but of a pituitary adenoma, which is a benign brain tumor that grows from the pituitary gland and may cause endocrine dysfunction such as diabetes insipidus (excessive thirst and urination).

Choice B reason:

This statement is not indicative of a meningioma, but of an acoustic neuroma, which is a benign brain tumor that arises from the acoustic cranial nerve and may cause hearing loss or ringing in the ears.

Choice C reason:

This statement is indicative of a meningioma, as explained above.

Choice D reason:

This statement is not indicative of a meningioma, but of a supratentorial tumor, which occurs in the cerebral hemispheres above the tentorium cerebelli and may cause loss of voluntary movement or hemiparesis (weakness or numbness on one side of the body).