Histopathologic patterns of intracranial neoplasms at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. A ten-year hospital-based retrospective study

Background: The most common intracranial neoplasm worldwide is meningioma, followed by gliomas, and then pituitary adenomas. There are geographical differences in the pattern of occurrence neoplasms. purpose this study to establish different histological types neoplasms with their age sex distributions our environment – Lagos, Nigeria.The patterns, age, gender all diagnosed within period at Department Anatomic Molecular Pathology, LUTH, Nigeria were noted analysed SPSS version 23.
 Result: 296 patients (165 females, 131 males; mean 37.0 years) an period. frequently was meningioma (105 cases; 35%, median 42 years, male female ratio 1:2.2), adenoma (78 26%, 47 1.3:1), gliomas (71 24%, 28, 1:1.39).
 Conclusion: result shows be more than unlike what seen Caucasians where reverse case.
 Keywords: INTRACRANIAL; Neoplasms; Central Nervous System.