Frequency of primary central nervous system tumors in a tertiary hospital, Cairo, Egypt
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Introduction In Egypt few epidemiologic reports have highlighted the national and regional epidemiologic data regarding primary CNS tumors In this study we aim to identify the frequency of various primary CNS tumors and to demonstrate the age group distribution gender topographic data and the different histopathologic types among our patientsMaterials and Methods Data on all cases of primary CNS neoplasms received at Pathology department of Ain Shams University Specialized hospital in addition to a referral neuropathology lab during the period from 2010 to 2015 were collected with a total number of 996 cases The patients were divided according to their age into two main groups pediatric group including children and adolescents from 018 years and adult group 18 years Patients demographic data and histopathologic tumor types were analyzedResult Frequency of primary CNS tumors among males was higher than females 517 vs 493 respectively Regarding patient age frequency among adults was 894 compared to pediatric age group 106 Gliomas were the most common primary CNS tumors in adults 35 followed by meningiomas 333 then pituitary adenomas 156 while in pediatric group embryonal tumors 17 were the second most common following gliomas 594Conclusion This study highlighted the frequency spectrum and prominent features of primary CNS tumors among Egyptian patients in comparison to many worldwide reports This study recommends the establishment of specialized national center for CNS tumors in Egypt this will provide efficient registry system and accurate data analysis for these tumorsKeywords Epidemiology CNS tumors Egypt Pediatric Glioma Meningioma
Authors and Affiliations
Iman Hewedi, Riham Ibrahim, Tarek Elserry, Nourhan Taha, Hadeer Mohamed
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