Prevalencia de tumores primarios de encéfalo en resonancia magnética pacientes del Hospital Universitario del Río. Enero 2015 a diciembre 2016 Cuenca–Ecuador

Abstract

Introduction: Central Nervous System Tumors are one of the most common causes of neurological death constituting those of primary origen around 2% of the total neoplasms in adults and 20% in children. Objective: To determine the prevelance of primary encephalic tumors in magnetic resonance, of patients in the Rio University Hospital during the period from January 2015 to December 2016 in Cuenca-Ecuador. Material and Methodology: A retrospective descriptive study using a population of 989 registers from medical exams of patients that had magnetic resonance by the cefalea clinic, weight loss, trombosis, vertigo; in the period from January 2015 to December 2016; in the Rio University Hospital in the city of Cuenca. Collecting data was done by means of a special form, designed for such, and after validating the information was done by means of norms of inclusion and exclusión, then it was digitalized with the program SPSS version 24, and the analysis was done based on the studies variables. Results: 989 radiology reports were analyzed, from which 126 cases present primary tumor lesions of the encephalon being 12,7%. From the sample obtained it is identified that 56,2% corresponded to benign lesions; and 43,8% are malignant lesions. Of the 36,8% benign lesions corresponding to meningiomas 64,5% of them are women between 41-50 years and from 71 years forward. Of the malignant lesions, 42,2% correspond to low grade glioma, which is seen with frequency in men with 21,9% between the ages of 61 and 70