| dc.contributor.author |
Andrews, N.B. |
|
| dc.contributor.author |
Tagoe, N.N. |
|
| dc.date.accessioned |
2019-11-19T12:48:43Z |
|
| dc.date.available |
2019-11-19T12:48:43Z |
|
| dc.date.issued |
2016-03 |
|
| dc.identifier.other |
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v50i1.10 |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://www.ghanamedj.org/articles/March2016/Final%20Correspondence.pdf |
|
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/33664 |
|
| dc.description |
Journal Article |
en_US |
| dc.description.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. |
en_US |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
en_US |
| dc.publisher |
Ghana Medical Journal |
en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
50;1 |
|
| dc.subject |
Neuro-ophthalmic |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
brain tumours |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
Ghana |
en_US |
| dc.subject |
tertiary hospital |
en_US |
| dc.title |
Re: Neuro-ophthalmic and clinical characteristics of brain tumours in a tertiary hospital in Ghana |
en_US |
| dc.type |
Article |
en_US |