how to cite this article: aghayan golkashani h, hatami h, farzan a, mohammadi hr, nilipour y, khoddami m, jadali f. tumors of the central nervous system: an 18-year retrospective review in a tertiary pediatric referral center. iran j child neurol. summer 2015;9(3):24-33.   abstract objective few studies exist on the demographics and trends of pediatric central nervous system (cns) tumors in ira...

solitary plasmacytoma of bone is a rare malignant tumor mostly involving the axial skeleton. the tumor occurs in middle- aged or elderly people (mean age: 55 years) and has a high risk of progression to multiple myeloma. radiotherapy is the preferred treatment for this disease. we report a case of recurrent solitary plasmacytoma of the fourth lumbar vertebra in a 35-year-old male. the patient s...

purpose: to report a case of spinal cord tumor with visual symptoms and papilledema due to increased intracranial pressure. patient and findings: a 24-year-old woman was referred because of recent blurred vision in both eyes. visual acuity was 20/25 and 20/20 in the right and left eyes, respectively. fundoscopy revealed bilateral papilledema. other ophthalmic examinations were normal. visual fi...

background metastatic spinal tumors are common and major causes of pathological spinal fractures that result in severe pain, weakness, and progressive neurological deficits. this study aims to evaluate the efficacy of percutaneous vertebroplasty (pvp) in pain-relief in patients with spinal fractures due to metastatic spinal tumors. methods we evaluated 25 documented cases of metastatic spinal t...

Background: Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with different prevalence in different sex and age groups and various parts of CNS. Objectives: Determining the relative frequency of different types of CNS tumors in different ages, sex and CNS anatomical locations. Materials and Methods: This retrospective study was performed using pathological repor...

This presentation analyses the histological types, relative incidences, age, sex and anatomical distributions of one hundred and seventy-nine biopsy proven tumors of the spinal canal from a general hospital in Iran. Particular attention is paid to differences in the relative incidence of these tumors compared with that in various published reports and the statistics from several eastern co...

We inspected on about 110 patients of spinal tumors in the neurosurgical department of Loghman-e­Hakim Medical Center. According with our inspectation, we have considered the factors such as age, sex, pathology, clinical signs, radiology, kind of operation and…. cases were up to 16 years ( 15 % ) and the  17 ‏ others were adult. 62 (56%) were male and 38 (44%) were female. The most privalent ...

background: tumors of the central nervous system (cns) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with different prevalence in different sex and age groups and various parts of cns. objectives: determining the relative frequency of different types of cns tumors in different ages, sex and cns anatomical locations. materials and methods: this retrospective study was performed using pathological repor...

Background: Spinal cord tumors represent 2-4% of all CNS tumors. Ependymomas are the most frequent lesions spinal cord1. Gross total resection remains gold standard2. Method: We describe mini-invasive surgical technique using a fixed tubular retractor performed for an ependymoma filum terminale, along with its advantages and limits. Conclusion: This has shown to be safe effective terminale epen...