ABSTRACT
Tumours of the Central Nervous System (CNS) are an important cause of mortality from cancer. Epidemiological data on neoplams affecting the CNS are scarce in Brazil, especially in the Amazon region. The study aims at describing the histopathological profile of CNS tumours cases at a high-complexity referral cancer center. This study has described a 17-year-series profile of CNS tumours, registered at a high-complexity referral cancer center in Pará state, from January 1997 until July 2014 in the Brazilian Amazon Region. Data was gathered from histopathology reports kept in the hospital's cancer registry and 949 cases of CNS tumours were analyzed. The most common histopathology were neuroepithelial tumours (approx. 40%) and meningioma was the most frequent especific tumor histologic subtype (22.2%). Neuroepithelial tumours were more frequent in patients with ages ranging from less than a year to 19 years, whereas metastatic tumours were prevalent in patients over 40 years of age. It was not found temporal trends during the studied period. The knowledge of these tumours profile is valuable for the understanding of cancer epidemiology in the region, since its prevalence is currently underreported and more awareness on the disease is needed.
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Central Nervous System Neoplasms/epidemiology , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Brazil/epidemiology , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/pathology , Central Nervous System Neoplasms/secondary , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Male , Middle Aged , Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial/epidemiology , Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial/pathology , Prevalence , Referral and Consultation , Registries , Young AdultABSTRACT
No Pronto Socorro do Hospital de Base do Distrito Federal (HBDF) foram atendidos 5.940 pacientes com traumatismo cranioencefálico, durante os anos de 1986 e 1987. Os acidentes de trânsito foram responsáveis pelo trauma em 70% dos pacientes. Quarenta apresentavam lesöes graves e foram tratados segundo o protocolo descrito no texto deste trabalho. Observamos reduçäo de 12,5% na taxa de mortalidade quando comparamos com a experiência anterior da mesma unidade nos anos de 1984 e 1985. Os autores defendem uma conduta mais agressiva que inclui a organizaçäo na triagem e transporte destes pacientes dos Hospitais Regionais para a Unidade Central de Neurocirurgia, investigaçäo neurorradiológica, monitorizaçäo clínica e da pressäo intracraniana, e exploraçäo cirúrgica com craniotomia ampla