Abstract

Supratentorial gliomas are one of the primary brain tumors that arise from glial cells. The main objective is to identify the role of clinical picture of supratentorial gliomas on the outcome of surgery. A prospective study of 30 cases of supratentorial gliomas was collected in the neurosurgical department in Ibn Sina hospital in Mosul city from June 2008 to October 2009.  All patients were studied thoroughly regarding age, sex, side of tumor drowsiness, papilloedema, facial nerve plasy, seizure, memory loss, and hemiparesis; each parameter effect on the outcome of each patient at the first week, first month & sixth month.  Our study reveal that memory loss was associated with the least mortality, and the loss was only 25% after six months. While hemiparesis was the worst one & the loss was up to 80% after six months.  The best prognosis was seen in those patients associated with memory loss, and the worse one was seen in patients with hemiparesis

Keywords

Supratentorial glioma, Brain tumors, Papilloedema, Facial nerve palsy, Drowsiness, Seizure