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[Tumor of the skull-report on 119 patients]
Guolu Meng1, Jizong Zhao, Gang Lü
1Department of Neurosurgery, Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100050, China.
Objective:
To study the pathologic type, clinical manifestations and treatment of skull neoplasms.
Methods:
A series of 119 patients with skull neoplasm were analyzed retrospectively with respect of clinical manifestations, radiologic features, treatment and prognosis.
Results:
122 operations were done with 3 patients being operated twice. Complete resection was done 75 times, subtotal resection 24 times, partial resection 22 times and biopsy only once. Gross type: exophytic 43(36.1%), endophytic 27(22.7%) and mixed type 49 (41.2%). Among the 85 patients followed, 78.6% have recovered and are living well, 16.6% of patients are self-caring, 2 need others' help and 2 have died.
Conclusion:
Most skull neoplasms require neurosurgical intervention. Surgical excision is able to confirm the diagnosis, slow down the progression of neurologic dysfunction, prolong the patients' lives and improve the cosmetic results.