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Table 5 Methods of ocular tumour assessment

From: Epidemiology of oculo-orbital tumours in Malawian children: a 10-year review of cases from tertiary hospitals

Variables

Subgroups

Frequency (Percentage)

Imaging (n = 101)

MRI

66 (6.5)

CT-scan

9 (0.9)

B-scan

24 (2.4)

Ultrasound scanning

1 (0.1)

Skull X-ray

1 (0.1)

Tissue and cellular analysis (n = 167)

Biopsy

166 (16.4)

Culture

1 (0.1)

Examination under Anaesthesia

322 (31.8)

Not documented

 

380 (37.5)

Ophthalmic evaluations (slit-lamp, fundoscopy, etc.)

44 (4.2)

Total

1010 (100.0)