Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases
All brain tumours diagnosed since 1967 in a University Hospital in the Southern region of Brazil were reviewed and clinical information concerning age, sex, symptoms and evolution were analysed. 88.1% of tumours were primary neoplasms and the rest secondary deposits. There was a male predominance an...
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| author | Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres Renata Almeida Sandra Avila Silvoney Alessi Renato Freitas |
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| description | All brain tumours diagnosed since 1967 in a University Hospital in the Southern region of Brazil were reviewed and clinical information concerning age, sex, symptoms and evolution were analysed. 88.1% of tumours were primary neoplasms and the rest secondary deposits. There was a male predominance and the second and fifth decades of life were the most affected. The main presenting symptoms were headache, vomiting, hemiparesis, loss of vision and epilepsy. The commonest tumour was of astrocytic origin (36.3%) amongst which the malignant ones, including glioblastoma multiforme, predominated. These tumours were frequent in the cerebral hemispheres (31.3%), particularly in the frontal lobes. The time of evolution from the beginning of the clinical manifestations until the first hospital admission was also studied. The authors discuss the clinical and pathological observations in relation to other large series analysed in the literature. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-93dc830cef5e4a1aa9eb514c55d7f5022025-08-20T03:37:20ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42271990-09-0148327928510.1590/S0004-282X1990000300003S0004-282X1990000300003Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 casesLuiz Fernando Bleggi Torres0Renata Almeida1Sandra Avila2Silvoney Alessi3Renato Freitas4Universidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáUniversidade Federal do ParanáAll brain tumours diagnosed since 1967 in a University Hospital in the Southern region of Brazil were reviewed and clinical information concerning age, sex, symptoms and evolution were analysed. 88.1% of tumours were primary neoplasms and the rest secondary deposits. There was a male predominance and the second and fifth decades of life were the most affected. The main presenting symptoms were headache, vomiting, hemiparesis, loss of vision and epilepsy. The commonest tumour was of astrocytic origin (36.3%) amongst which the malignant ones, including glioblastoma multiforme, predominated. These tumours were frequent in the cerebral hemispheres (31.3%), particularly in the frontal lobes. The time of evolution from the beginning of the clinical manifestations until the first hospital admission was also studied. The authors discuss the clinical and pathological observations in relation to other large series analysed in the literature.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1990000300003&lng=en&tlng=en |
| spellingShingle | Luiz Fernando Bleggi Torres Renata Almeida Sandra Avila Silvoney Alessi Renato Freitas Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| title | Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
| title_full | Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
| title_fullStr | Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
| title_short | Brain tumours in south Brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
| title_sort | brain tumours in south brazil a retrospective study of 438 cases |
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