TABLE 1

Patient Characteristics

Sex (n)Initial leading symptom (n)
DiagnosisPatients (n)Mean age (y)MaleFemaleIncreased ICPNeurologic deficitSeizureAsymptomatic, unspecific, or incidental
All17445977729258931
NNLs25481872869
Hematoma45740211
 Demyelinating lesion5403241
 Abscess64960213
 Unspecific histology104755145
Neoplastic lesions14944797027178322
 Occult glioma446044
 Glioma WHO I4432231
 Diffuse glioma WHO II73413835138448
  Astrocytoma II5342282594337
  Oligoastrocytoma II1239753261
  Oligodendroglioma II6413324
  Ependymoma II2230211
 Anaplastic glioma WHO III4742252265279
  Astrocytoma III2541141144116
  Oligoastrocytoma III113974173
  Oligodendroglioma III11494729
 Glioblastoma WHO IV19571364285
 Lymphoma2621111