Abstract
Abstract
Purpose: To determine the prevalence of brain tumors at a national referral hospital in Nairobi, Kenya.
Methods: This retrospective study retrieved patient-archived records between 2016-2019 at Kenyatta National Hospital. The prevalence of brain tumors was calculated according to the histological types, age, and sex using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 24 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) and presented in tables and figures.
Results: The average age of all patients diagnosed with brain tumors was 34.43 years. Meningiomas and glioblastomas were the most diagnosed benign and malignant tumors accounting for 36% and 15.5% of cases, respectively. Meningiomas were more common in women, whereas gliomas were more common in men. The combined prevalence rates of brain tumors in children and adolescents (0-19 years) were 28.16 % and 71.84% in adults.
Conclusion: The number of histologically diagnosed brain tumors appeared to increase steadily over the study period. The number of diagnosed cases also increased with increasing patient age, peaking between 35-70 years, and more females compared than males were diagnosed with brain tumors.
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