Abstract:
The tumour frequencies quoted in the article are markedly
different from prior reports published from Ghana.
The prior published reports put Astrocytoma at 42%;
meningioma 19% and pituitary adenoma at 11%.1 This
poses a severe limitation on the article's results and conclusions
that pituitary adenoma and meningioma are the
commonest brain tumours as less than 50% of the pituitary
adenomas and only 30% of the meningiomas were
confirmed histologically.
The article states that only 13 out of a total of 36 brain
tumours that presented at the tertiary centre that has a
dedicated neurosurgical department (and a training program
for neurosurgical residents) were operated on during
a 12 month period. It is stated that only 13 of the
patients could afford surgery.