Tumour type and location.
A total 114 cases (n= 114) of brain tumour were diagnosed between
January 2018 – October 2020. Patients’ age varied between 0 – 15.1
years, with the mean age of diagnosis of 6.64 years. 47% of the
patients were between the ages of 5-11, 40% were aged under 5 years
(40%) and 12% were over 12 years of age. Medulloblastoma (28%) and
low-grade glioma (24%) were the two most common tumour types, followed
by ependymoma (17%.) (Figure 1.) Majority of the tumors were localised;
only 8% of all cases were metastatic and about a third of all tumors
were located in the cerebellum.