ABSTRACT
Implication of transcranial ultrasonography (TUS) in diagnostics of acute disturbances of cerebral blood circulation (ADCBC) was studied in 324 subjects, aged from 20 to 83 years, including group I (208 subjects without neurological disturbances), group II (56 subjects without the structural intracranial changes which, along with TUS, underwent MRT), group III (60 patients with diagnosis of ADCBC which underwent TUS and then CT of the brain). The brain areas where intracranial hemorrhages (ICH) were most often localized in hemorrhage stroke (HS) were found in 166 subjects (80%) of group I. The second and third cerebral ventricles were seen in 187 (90%) people. The third ventricular was seen in 19 patients (the effectiveness was corresponded to Echo-EG). The comparison of US-, CT- and MRT-images did not reveal significant differences as in the total assessment of the intracranial structural state of the brain as well in the most relevant measurements. TUS revealed no significant changes in 40 patients from group III but the diagnosis of infarction was confirmed by CT. The specific US signs of ICH were found in HS. In 19 patients the CT revealed and verified the ICH of supratentorial localization. In conclusion, TUS with using portative US equipment provides the possibility of screening-diagnostics and monitoring of ICH in strokes.
