A total of 3?7 cases of primary intracranial and intraspinal tumors was obtained from the Pathoiogy file of Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital during a period of 17 vears beginnig from 1963 to December 1979. These tumors werc divided sccording to modified WHO classification, and the results were tabulated in Table 2. There were 250 intracranial tumors and 77 instraspinal tu nors. Among intracranial tumors giioma, meningioma and pituitary adeno:na were more commonly seen to be 29%, 19% and 17%, respectively. In pocliatric age group (under 17 years of age) supratentorial tumor was more frequent than infratentoriai or spinal.tumors. Among intracranial tumors of childhood, astrocytoma and merlui1oblastama were commonly encountered. Microcystic astrocytoma of tbe cerebellum appeared to be histologically unique tumor. There were 26 metastatic brain during tbe same period.
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