An Audit of Histopathological Cases of Spinal Cord Tumor in a Single Tertiary Care Hospital

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of different spinal cord tumor subtypes across age and gender groups. METHODOLOGY: A retrospective study was conducted at the Pathology Department of the Basic Medical Sciences Institute, JPMC Karachi, between October 2019 and September 2022. All spinal cord tumor specimens submitted for histological assessment were included in the research. The age, gender, and histological results of the samples were considered while reviewing them in detail. RESULTS: A total of 25 cases of spinal cord tumors were examined, according to this study. The most common histopathological spinal cord tumors are Meningioma, followed by Astrocytoma. Patients with spinal cord tumors ranged in age from 7 to 65 years old, with a mean age of 37. The findings of this study show that with a male-to-female ratio of 0.4:1, spinal cord tumors are more common in females than in males. CONCLUSION: Meningioma 13 (7.2%) and astrocytoma 3 (1.7%) were the most common types of spinal tumors observed. Patients with spinal tumors are more likely to be in their 30s, and they also tend to be more prevalent in women.