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Clinicopathological pattern of brain tumors: A 3-year study in a tertiary care hospital in India

2016; Medknow; Volume: 5; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/2278-0513.197861

2278-1668

Subrata Pal, Sajeeb Mondal, Rajashree Pradhan, Biswajit Biswas, Arindam Banerjee, Debosmita Bhattacharyya,

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment

Clinicopathological pattern of brain tumors:A 3-year study in a tertiary care hospital in India presentation of brain tumors depends on the location, size of the tumors, and growth rate of the neoplasm. [1]There is a high morbidity and mortality in these tumors irrespective of their histological grade. [4]The primary brain tumors involve about two-third of all central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms. [5]According to the WHO classification, CNS tumors have extensive classification and subtypes.Glial tumors are the most common type of brain tumor and include astrocytoma, ependymoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma, and others. [1,6]Nonglial tumors include embryonal tumors, choroid plexus tumors, pineal tumors, meningeal tumors, nerve sheath tumors, tumors of sellar region, hematopoietic neoplasm, and metastatic tumors.