Epidemiologic and histologic characteristics of CNS lesions: a 20-year experience of a tertiary center in Lebanon.
CNS Oncol
; 9(2): CNS55, 2020 06.
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ABSTRACT
Aim:
Report the epidemiologic and histologic characteristics of CNS lesions in the Lebanese population.Methods:
We conducted a retrospective study evaluating 2025 CNS lesions diagnosed between 1998 and 2017 in the pathology laboratory of a Lebanese tertiary center.Results:
52.2% of patients were men with a median age of 50 years. The most frequent symptoms were epilepsy (22.5%), headache (20.6%) and motor impairment (19.9%). 90.7% of tumors were primary. Lung (35.6%) and breast (16.5%) were the most frequent primaries of metastases. 46.2% of primary CNS tumors were glial, predominantly astrocytic (56.4%), and (42.5%) were nonglial, predominantly meningeal tumors (58%).Conclusion:
Compared with Western literature, the Lebanese population is characterized by a younger age of onset of brain tumors, a lower rate of meningiomas and a higher rate of gliomas.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias del Sistema Nervioso Central
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Aged80
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
CNS Oncol
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Líbano