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Not necessarily. A lesion is any abnormality (lesion comes from a Latin word meaning "injury"), whereas a tumor is a specific type of abnormality (a growth).

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A brain tumor does not always indicate that a person has brain cancer. A person can have benign tumors in their brain that are non-cancerous, but can cause seizures.

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Q: Is a brain lesion the same as a brain tumor?
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