Online ISSN: 2515-8260

PAEDIATRIC NEURAL TUMOURS: STUDY AT A TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN WESTERN MAHARASHTRA

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1Arpana A Dharwadkar, 2Vidya Viswanathan, 3 Sakshi Garg*, 4Mangesh M Londhe, 5Rupali Bavikar, 6Yaminy Pradeep Ingale

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Background: The rise in paediatric brain tumours has become an important cause of cancer related deaths in children, accounting for 20% of all childhood cancers under the age of 14 years. Objective: To study spectrum of paediatric neural tumours, their prevalence and histomorphological features in detail and corelate them with age and sex of the patient. Materials and methods: Data regarding age, gender, and histopathology of children (0-14 years) with neural tumours operated over a period of 2 years (June 2019 to June 2022) were collected retrospectively from the archives of Department of pathology of a tertiary care centre and were analysed and graded according to WHO grading of CNS tumours fifth edition.

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