[The age peculiarities of metabolism and structure of the brain tumors and its clinical significance].

Retrospective analysis of the treatment results in 476 patients, suffering the brain glioma (BG), was conducted. Peculiarities of diagnosis, clinical course and morphological features of the BG in elderly patients were noted. Morphological criteria of meta- bolic paraneoplastic signs were established. The role of structural signs of hypoxia in elderly patients was estimated for prognostication of the disease course.