Epidemiological Description of Primary Brain Tumors: A Single-Center Retrospective Study of 75 Cases, Yemen.
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https://doi.org/10.65693/j21umas.2025.v4i1.218Keywords:
Primary Brain Tumor, Prevalence, Yemen.Abstract
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Background: Primary brain tumors represent one of the most devastating tumors, characterized by high significant morbidity and mortality with a high rate of neurological sequelae. Only limited studies have described the burden of CNS tumors in Yemen.
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Objective: Description of the epidemiological trends of primary brain tumors in a single institution.
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Materials and methods: A retrospective study was obtained from registry records of patients with primary brain tumors based on clinical and radiological data or histopathological report at 48 Model Hospital, Sana'a, over a period of 4 years from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2023. The collected data encompassed demographic and tumor characteristics including patient's gender and age, and type and site of tumor, as well as WHO grade.
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Results: 75 cases of primary brain tumors were reviewed. There were 43 (57.3%) females. Adults were the highest age group involved (68%). The majority of tumors (77.3%) were supratentorial. Gliomas constituted the most common neoplastic category (48%). However, meningiomas was the most common single entity (32%).
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Conclusion: This is an institution-based, detailed, and descriptive epidemiological study of Yemeni patients with primary brain tumors. In spite of our study's matching with most worldwide studies results, the definitive epidemiological rates in reality need a bigger multi-centric and histopathological based studies to be carried out. Limitations of our study included the clinically and radiologically based diagnosis of most cases.
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