J Korean Radiol Soc.  1985 Oct;21(5):699-710. 10.3348/jkrs.1985.21.5.699.

Computerized tomographic evaluation of primary brain tumors

• Choi JO
• Lee JS
• Jeon DS
• Kim HS
• Rhee HS
• Kim JD

• KMID: 2462405
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1985.21.5.699

Abstract

In a study of primary brain tumors 104 cases having satisfactory clinical, operative and histological proofswere analyzed by computerized tomography at Presbyterian Medical Center from May, 1982 to April, 1985. The resultswere as follows: 1. The male to female ratio of primary brain tumor was 54:46. 2.The 2nd decade group (26%) wasthe most prevalent age group, followed by the 5th decade(16.3%), 1st decade(14.4%), 3rd decade(12.5%), 4thdecade(11.5%), 6th decade(10.6%), 7th decade(8.7%) in that order. 3. The incidence of primary brain tumors was found to be: glioma 64 cases(61.6%) (among the GM, the most frequent 17 cases(16.3%), followed by meningioma 12cases (11.5%), pituitary adenoma 10 cases (9.6%), craniopharyngioma 6 cases(5.8%), pinealoma and germinoma 3cases(2.9%) respectively, and dermoid cyst 2 cases(1.9%) in that order. 4. The locations of the primary braintumors were as follows: cb. hemisphere(49%) of these 24.5% in parietal region, 11.9% in temporal region, 9.7% infrontal region, 3.0% in occipital region: Juxtasella area(16.3%), cerebellar hemisphere(8.7%), Parapineal andintraventricle(7.7%) respectively, cerebello-pontine angle area(5.8%), vermis and 4th ventricular region(4.8%). 5.There were no remarkable differences in the findings of pre-and post-contast CT scanning of primary brain tumorscompared with others.

MeSH Terms

Brain
Brain Neoplasms*
Craniopharyngioma
Dermoid Cyst
Female
Germinoma
Glioma
Humans
Incidence
Male
Meningioma
Occipital Lobe
Parietal Lobe
Pinealoma
Pituitary Neoplasms
Protestantism
Temporal Lobe
Tomography, X-Ray Computed