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Background: Diagnosis in cases of patients suffering from Knee pain has utmost important for treatment and to avoid unnecessary surgery. MRI is a non-invasive procedure in evaluation of knee joint. So this study was planned find out the prevalence of abnormalities detected by MRI in patients of knee pain. Methods: The present study was conducted in Department of Radio Diagnosis and Orthopaedics at Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. This prospective study was carried out on n=75 patients of knee pain attending Orthopaedic department of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow for a period of six months. Results: Initially 95 patients were enrolled in our study on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria. But out of 95 patients, only 75 patients were completed our study period. Out of 75 patients, 42 patients were males and 33 patients were females. Knee pain was found common in age group 50-60 years age group. Joint effusion (84.6%) were more common followed by Edema (68.8%), Menisci lesions (48.8%) were more common as compared to ligament lesions (14.8%) in patients of knee pain. Osteoarthritis was found in 66.76 % of patients of knee pain. Conclusions: Knee pain can occur at any stage of life due to various causative factors. MRI can demonstrate the exact nature and extent of bony as well as soft tissue abnormality. This has increase the use of MRI in evaluation of patients of knee pain.
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Introduction: Due to so many reasons, Cerebrovascular accidents now a days very common ad also major emergency conditions patients are mainly from the same pool. Therefore, we conducted the study to evaluate the role of computed tomographic scan in patients with cerebrovascular accidents. Materials and Methods: This prospective study was conducted in the department of Radio Diagnosis at Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital. All the patients with CVA during the duration of January 2016 to June 2016 were subjected to computed tomography scan of the head using GE Revolution ACTs 16 slice MDCT scanners, Slice Thickness – 2mm, 5mm and 10mm and Matrix size of 512 X 512. Results: Total of 35 patients with clinically suspected of CVA were submitted for CT scan study of brain. Out of 35 patients, 18 patients had infarction, 9 patients had hemorrhage, 3 patients had Subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), 2 patient had tumorous pathology, 2 Patient had cerebral venous thrombosis and 1 Patient had normal study. Conclusion: CT scanning was the “Gold standard” technique for diagnosis of acute stroke as the rational management of stroke depends on “Accurate diagnosis” and it should be ideally done in all cases.