All issues > Volume 31(8); 1988
- Original Article
- J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(8):984-991. Published online August 31, 1988.
- Lateral Ventricular Indices in tuberculous Meningitis.
- Ja Wook Koo1, Hang Bo Cho1, In Joon Seol1, soo Jee Moon1, Hahng Lee1, Keun Soo Lee1
- 1Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
- Received: June 20, 1988; Accepted: June 20, 1988.
- Abstract
- Computed tomography is a very valuable method by which the pathogenic evolution of tuberculous
meningitis may be followed, thereby facillitating its differential diagnosis and controlling the effi-
ciency of therapy, and assessing the degree of hydrocephalus.
Fifteen cases of clinically proven intracranial tuberculosis were studied by lateral ventricular
indices of brain computed tomography in our hospital during last 3 years.
The results were as follows:
1) Tuberculous meningitis showed abnormal computed tomographic findings such i as hydroce-
phalus (66.7%), infarction (30.8%), arachnoiditis (23.1%), calcification and tuberculoms.
2) In cases of poor clinical course, mean bifrontal CVI is 0.52 (p<0.05), mean Evans index 0.41 (p<
0.05), and mean bicaudate CVI 0.31 (p<0.05), these values are markedly larger than those of normal
control group.
In cases of good clinical course, mean bifrontal CVI is 0.33 (p > 0.05) mean Evans index 0.26 (p>0.
05), and mean bicaudate CVI 0.16 (p<0.05).
Keywords :Lateral ventricular index, Tuberculous meningitis