Study of histopathological pattern of central nervous system tumours in a tertiary care hospital A 3 year retrospective study.

Deepti Gupta; Shalija Kotwal; Jyotsna Suri

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2017

Study of histopathological pattern of central nervous system tumours in a tertiary care hospital A 3 year retrospective study.

Deepti Gupta, Shalija Kotwal, Jyotsna Suri

Abstract :

Background : Tumours of Central nervous system(CNS) include tumours of ain and spinal cord where as the metastatic tumours are usually extradural. Globally there is an increase in the incidence of CNS tumours irrespective of age. This study aims to study histopathological pattern of CNS tumours in this region and to diagnose & classify CNS tumours according to WHO 2016 Classification. Material & Methods: This is a retrosceptive study which was done in the PG Deptt of Pathology, Government Medical College, Jammu, over a period of three years, from 1st January 2014 to 31st December 2016. A total of 59 cases of CNS tumours were retrived from the archives of histopathology section in the Department of Pathology, GMC Jammu. The diagnosed CNS tumours were studied and classified according to the latest WHO classification(2016). Results: Out of the total 59 cases, tumours of neuroepithelium were the commonest(45.7%) followed by tumours of meningeal tissue( 27.1%) and tumours of cranial and paraspinal nerves(18.6%). CNS tumours were seen in all age groups, but the maximum number of cases were seen in the age group of 40–60 years. The male to female ratio was 1.27:1.