All issues > Volume 31(1); 1988

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1988;31(1):58-63. Published online January 31, 1988.

Significance of Brain CT in Children with Intracranial Disorders.

Eun Kyung Choi¹, Myung Ho Kwon¹, Mea Young Chung¹, Dong Hyuck Kim¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Koryo General Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Received: August 12, 1987;

Abstract

Brain CT (Computerized Transaxial Tomography) is a noninvasive, safe and painless diagnostic approach to neurologic disorders in children. Brain CT is valuable in diagnosing intracranial pathology by demonstration of location, extent and nature of a lesion, and is also used to follow up after treatment. We have analysed 75 children with chief complaints of neurological symptoms examined at Department of Pediatrics, Koryo General Hospital, Seoul from September 1984 to July 1985. The results were as follows; 75 cases with chief complaints of neurological symptoms were studied by brain CT, the sex ratio of which was about 1:1 (male 37 to female 38). The age distribution was from neonate to 15 years old. In 26 (35%) out of 75 cases, brain CT demonstrated abnormal findings such as hydrocephalus, tumor, atrophy, calcifficaiton, etc.. The incidence of abnormal CT findings according to chief complaints was relatively high in mentality change, limb paresis and mental and growth retardation, whereas relatively low in seizure and headache. Brain CT is particularly valuable in diagnosis of hydrocephalus, tumor, atrophy, porencephaly, abscess, subdural hygroma and tuberous sclerosis.

Keywords :Brain computed Tomography, Intracranial disorder.