Study on Role of Computed Tomography in Diagnostic Workup of Headache at a Tertiary Care Hospital
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| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-189087
ABSTRACT
To determine the etiology of headache in patients undergoing computed tomography (CT) scan of brain without having prior neurologic abnormality and to know the age incidence and the sex incidence of the headache. Methods:
A prospective study of one year duration was carried out at tertiary care hospital from Aug 2018 to Aug 2019. It included 1250 patients who underwent brain CT for headache. CT findings of patients were recorded and analyzed.Results:
These etiologies were sinusitis (8.8%), followed by tumor (6.8%), infarct (6.4%), hematoma (4.4%), encephalitis (3.8%), abscesses (3.2%) and hydrocephalus (1.2%). Headache is more common in females (55%). Most common age group affected is 40-60 years (37.2%).Conclusions:
CT of brain has revealed in 65.1% of cases as normal and detected the various causes in rest of the cases.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Type of study:
Observational study
Year:
2019
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