Childhood intracranial neoplasms Enugu, Nigeria.
This paper reviews children with intracranial neoplasms seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, (UNTH), Enugu, over an 8-year period (1978-1985). There were 21 children, aged 4-14 years, with histologically confirmed intracranial neoplasms. The male to female ratio was 2:1. Of all cases, there was a preponderance of cranio-pharyngiomas (38.1%), followed by the astrocytomas and medulloblastomas with 14.3% each, a result which is at variance with findings elsewhere. The poor prognosis was partly due to late presentation complicated by relatively inadequate diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. A plea is made for the improvement of neurodiagnostic and therapeutic facilities in some regional hospitals in developing countries.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors