OTHER-02 BRAIN TUMORS: CLINICAL PRESENTATION AT THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES IN KHARTOUM 2019-2022

Abstract

Abstract Brain tumors are intracranial neoplastic proliferation of cells. They are implicated in high patient morbidity and mortality. Malignant brain tumors are less common in relevance to other types of malignancies, yet they are enumerated as the tenth leading cause of death worldwide. Diagnosis of these tumors mainly depends on clinical features and imaging. This study aims to describe the clinical presentation and associated factors of brain tumors and has been conducted as a retrospective cross-sectional 4-year facility-based study at the National Center for Neurological Sciences (NCNS), a center in Khartoum state that receives all neurological patients from all over Sudan. Data were collected from records of patients of all ages who have been diagnosed with brain tumors from 2019 to 2022. The data included demographic information, clinical presentation, and the anatomical site of tumors. Data analysis was done using SPSS version 22 and ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review board. The total number of patients with brain tumors was 182. Female to male ratio was 1.3:1 and most of the patients were adults in 131. Headache was found to be the most frequent symptom and motor deficit was the most frequent sign. The commonest anatomical site was supratentorial. Brain tumors despite being more common in adults, share the same most frequent clinical presentation, and with the anatomical site came in consistence with the worldwide population, apart from the gender distribution as females are more affected than males.