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Demographic and histopathological patterns of neuro-epithelial brain tumors in Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Mahmoud S. Taha, Fahad M. Almsned, Mohammed A. Hassen, Ibrahim M. Atean, Ahmed M. Alwbari, Qasim K. Alharbi, Marwah M. Abdulkader and Husam S. Almuhaish
Neurosciences Journal January 2018, 23 (1) 18-22; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.1.20160543
Mahmoud S. Taha
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Fahad M. Almsned
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammed A. Hassen
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ibrahim M. Atean
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed M. Alwbari
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Qasim K. Alharbi
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Marwah M. Abdulkader
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Husam S. Almuhaish
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Taha, Almsned, Hassen), Department of Radiation Oncology (Atean), Department of Adult Oncology (Alwbari), Department of Pediatric Oncology (Alharbi), Department of Pathology (Abdulkader), Department of Medical Imaging (Almuhaish), King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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    Table 1

    Pathological types for all cases of the study.

    Histology typeKFSH-D(%)
    Pilocytic Astrocytoma (WHO 1) (infra-tentorial)11(7.3)
    Pilocytic Astrocytoma (WHO 1) (Optic pathway glioma)3(2)
    Diffuse Astrocytoma (WHO 11)7(4.6)
    Anaplastic Astrocytoma (WHO 111)13(8.7)
    Oligodendroglioma (WHO 11)4(2.7)
    Anaplastic oligodendrioglioma (WHO 111)9(6)
    Mixed glioma (WHO 11)2(1.3)
    Mixed glioma (WHO111)2(1.3)
    Diffuse brain stem glioma9(6)
    GBM (WHO 1V)48(32)
    Gliosarcoma (WHO 1V)2(1.3)
    Ependymoma (WHO 11 and WHO 111)11(7.3)
    PNET/MB (WHO 1V) (Infra-tentorial)16(10.7)
    PNET (WHO 1V) (supra-tentorial)2(1.3)
    Pineoblastoma l tumors (WHO 1V)2(1.3)
    Choroid plexus papilloma/ carcinoma3(2)
    PXA (WHO 11 and 111)3(2)
    Central Neurocytoma (WHO 11)2(1.3)
    Total149(100)
    • GBM - Glioblastoma multiforme, PNET - Primitive Neuroectrodermal Tumor, MB - Medulloblastoma, PXA-Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma

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    Shows the pathological types of the KFUH study.14

    Low grade glioma (pilocytic WHO 1) and(diffuse astrocytoma (WHO 11)40(28)
    Anaplastic Astrocytoma (WHO 111)18(12.5)
    Oligodendroglioma (WHO 11)8(6)
    Anaplastic oligodendrioglioma1(0.7)
    Mixed glioma (WHO 11)3(2.1)
    GBM (WHO 1V)30(21)
    Ependymoma (WHO 1 and 11)7(4.9)
    PNET (WHO 1V)28(19.5)
    Choroid plexus papilloma/ carcinoma4(2.8)
    Pineal tumors3(1)
    Total142(100)
    • GBM - Glioblastoma multiforme, PNET - Primitive Neuroectrodermal Tumor, MB - Medulloblastoma

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