Profile of High Grade Gliomas - A Single Center Experience (original) (raw)
2018, The Gulf journal of oncology
The term high grade glioma (HGG), is usually used to describe WHO grade III and IV tumours. There has been a recent increase in incidence of HGGs in the Western world, particularly in the elderly population. This probably reflects the easy availability of vastly improved diagnostic imaging. A five year retroprospective study was planned to study demography, clinical presentation, imaging, surgical intervention, histopathological examination of specimens and postoperative outcome of patients of high grade gliomas. To determine the demographic, clinical, histopathogical and radiological profile of patients of High Grade Gliomas (HGG) and to ascertain post-operative mortality at 24 hours and 7 days Material and Methods: The present study of 226 cases from our institute for the last 5 years (retrospective 3 years and prospective 2 years) extending from August 2010 to July 2015 is based on study about demography, clinical presentation, imaging, surgical intervention, histopathological ex...
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