Epidemiology of primary brain tumors in childhood and adolescence in Kuwait.

The relatively high frequency of primary brain tumors (PBT) observed in childhood and adolescence in Kuwait has necessitated this epidemiological study. It is based on the records of the Department of Pathology, Al-Sabah Hospital, which examined all brain tumor biopsies done in this age group in Kuwait between 1995 and 2011. During this period, 75 boys (49%) boys and 77 (51%) girls had histologically confirmed PBT.

Intracranial tumors in Kuwait: a 15-year survey.

The dearth of literature on intracranial tumors (ICT) in Kuwait has necessitated this study whose objective is epidemiological. It is based on the records of the Department of Pathology, Al-Sabah Hospital, Kuwait, where virtually all brain biopsies in Kuwait were examined. Between 1995 and 2009, 439 males (53.

Emergency obstetric hysterectomy in Kuwait: a clinico pathological analysis.

The major objective of this study is to analyze the histological findings in emergency obstetric hysterectomy specimens and correlate them with the clinical diagnosis, epidemiological factors and number of tissue blocks examined. The records of all peripartum hysterectomy specimens examined between 1995 and 2001 in the Department of Pathology, Al-Sabah Hospital Kuwait were analyzed. A minimum of ten blocks from the cervix or lower uterine segment was arbitrarily regarded as adequate.