Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumour Registry: A Single Neurosurgical Centre Experience of Four Years

Authors

  • Zahid Hussain Department of Neurosurgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Abdul Ghaffar Department of Neurosurgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi
  • Shahzad Ahmed Qasmi Department of Neurosurgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi

Keywords:

Central Nervous System, Tumour registry, GBM, PNET.

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate the pattern of CNS tumours according to site and age.
Study Design: Observational.
Duration of Study: 1 Jul 2011 to 30 June 2015.
Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective audit of CNS tumour registry carried out at our neurosurgical center over the period of four years. A total of 653 cases with age range of 1-80 years, both gender and histo-pathological proven CNS tumours were included in the study. Data of age, gender, location and histological diagnosis was obtained from the patient’s clinical records and entered in study proforma. Data was analyzed by using SPSS (version-17) with descriptive statistics.
Results: Overall the Supra-tentorial tumours were 69.52% with commonest site of Parietal in 24.0% and histology of Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) in 37.0%. Infra-tentorial tumours were 16.84% with commonest site of Cerebellar in 53.63% and histology of Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumours (PNET) in 26.36%. Sellar tumours were 6.27% and Spinal tumours 7.35% with commonest being Neurofibroma in 39.58% cases. Metastases in CNS were found in 6.38% cases.
Conclusion: This analysis depicts that most of the supratentorial tumours of adult age are neuroepithelial in lobar areas especially of GBM type while in children the more common tumours are infratentorial, in cerebellar area and of PNET origin. The audit will help us to stratify our workload management and formulate tumour pathways.

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