Table 4 Histopathological wise distribution of primary brain and other CNS tumors in pediatric and adult patients
Histopathological type | Pediatric cohort | Total (N) | Frequency (%) | Adult cohort | Total (N) | Frequency (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Male | Female | |||||
Gliomas, glioneuronal tumors, and neuronal tumors | 38 | 21 | 59 | 25.4 | 183 | 84 | 267 | 22.1 |
Ependymal tumors | 10 | 8 | 18 | 7.8 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1.5 |
Choroid plexus tumors | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1.3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0.3 |
Embryonal tumors | 17 | 7 | 24 | 10.3 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 1.2 |
Pineal tumors | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cranial and para spinal nerve tumors | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5.2 | 122 | 64 | 186 | 15.4 |
Meningiomas | 8 | 2 | 10 | 4.3 | 115 | 221 | 336 | 27.8 |
Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumors | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6.9 | 42 | 20 | 62 | 5.1 |
Hematolymphoid tumors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Germ cell tumors | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.08 |
Tumors of the seller region | 11 | 10 | 21 | 9.1 | 38 | 42 | 80 | 6.6 |
Metastases | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.4 | 36 | 20 | 56 | 4.6 |
Others | 43 | 19 | 62 | 26.7 | 129 | 57 | 186 | 15.4 |