• West Afr J Med · Jul 1989

    Childhood intracranial neoplasms Enugu, Nigeria.

    • G I Izuora, S Ikerionwu, N Saddeqi, and S O Iloeje.
    • West Afr J Med. 1989 Jul 1; 8 (3): 171-4.

    AbstractThis paper reviews children with intracranial neoplasms seen at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, (UNTH), Enugu, over an 8-year period (1978-1985). There were 21 children, aged 4-14 years, with histologically confirmed intracranial neoplasms. The male to female ratio was 2:1. Of all cases, there was a preponderance of cranio-pharyngiomas (38.1%), followed by the astrocytomas and medulloblastomas with 14.3% each, a result which is at variance with findings elsewhere. The poor prognosis was partly due to late presentation complicated by relatively inadequate diagnostic and therapeutic facilities. A plea is made for the improvement of neurodiagnostic and therapeutic facilities in some regional hospitals in developing countries.

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