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KMID : 0377619760310060623
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Korean Jungang Medical Journal
1976 Volume.31 No. 6 p.623 ~ p.633
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Clinical Analysis of 100 cases of Brain Tumors
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Abstract
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Tumors of the central nervous system are not rare. Brain tumors cannot be intelligently discussed as a homogeneous entity. Their manner of presentation, their management and their prognosis depend upon their malignancy and the area of brain involved. They are more common than tumors of the stomach and less common than tumors of the breast. Because of their rather high incidence and dismal prognosis much effort has been devoted to controlling these tumors.
We analyzed 100 cases of brain tumor which was histologically verified after operation at the National Medical Center from Jan. 1972 to Sep. 1976.
The brain tumors are included 39 cases of glioma, 15 ,cases of meningioma, 12 cases of pituitary adenoma, 9 cases of acoustic neurinoma, 6 cases of craniopharyngioma, 3 cases of metastatic Iesion, 3 cases of blood vessel tumor and 13 cases of miscellaneous tumor.
The tumors are occupied on the supratentorial region in 71 cases and infratentorial region in 29 cases, and occurred in midline region in 34 cases, right and left side in each 31 cases and both side in 4 cases.
100 cases comprised 69 Males and 31 females with a ratio of 2.2 to 1. The age ranged from 3 years to 59 years with the highest incidence at second deca des, but the age incidence was evenly distributed at different age groups.
They complained of headache (94 cases), nausea and vomiting (58 cases) and papilledema (58 cases), so called _symptoms trail of the brain tumor, and other eye complaints (56 cases) with 6 month-to 3 year-duration of symptoms in about half cases of the brain tumors.
Calcification was showed on the plain skull x-ray films in 10 cases; craniopharyngioma 3/6 cases, glioma 3/39 cases, meningioma 3/6 cases, pinealoma and choroid plexus papilloma in each one case.
After question of the brain-tumors, the symptoms are much irnptoved in´I 1
cases, more improved in 34 cases, equivocal in 30 cases and more aggravated in 13 cases, and 11 cases are fatal and 14 cases are recurrent. -
35 cases are received radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy after operation.
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