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Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache
BACKGROUND: Headache is a common problem in children, but a small percentage of them have positive findings on CT scan and MRI, and considering that CT scan and MRI is costly and risks of radiation is high for children. Therefore the aim of this study is evaluating CT scans and MRI finding in childr...
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Academy of Medical sciences
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719314 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.51-53 |
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author | Behzadmehr, Razieh Arefi, Sara Behzadmehr, Reyhane |
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description | BACKGROUND: Headache is a common problem in children, but a small percentage of them have positive findings on CT scan and MRI, and considering that CT scan and MRI is costly and risks of radiation is high for children. Therefore the aim of this study is evaluating CT scans and MRI finding in children with headache. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 353 children with headaches that 217 patients underwent CT and 136 patients underwent MRI. The data collected through the report sheet of CT scan and MRI and analyzed using SPSS software and chi-square test. RESULTS: According to the study, 88.9% of MRI and 75.7% of CT scan were normal. Abnormal findings on CT scan was significantly higher in boys (12.2% vs. 9.5%) (P= 0.03) and it was determined that MRI findings was also significantly higher in boys (26.3% vs. 21.5%) (P=0.04). The most common abnormal findings on CT scan was mass (16.6%) and hematoma (16.6%) and the most common abnormal findings on MRI was cysts (26.3%). CONCLUSION: The results of our study showed that the majority of imaging results in patients with headache was normal or benign lesions. Therefore, imaging should be performed only in children with abnormal findings on physical examination. |
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spelling | pubmed-58692292018-05-01 Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache Behzadmehr, Razieh Arefi, Sara Behzadmehr, Reyhane Acta Inform Med Original Paper BACKGROUND: Headache is a common problem in children, but a small percentage of them have positive findings on CT scan and MRI, and considering that CT scan and MRI is costly and risks of radiation is high for children. Therefore the aim of this study is evaluating CT scans and MRI finding in children with headache. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was performed on 353 children with headaches that 217 patients underwent CT and 136 patients underwent MRI. The data collected through the report sheet of CT scan and MRI and analyzed using SPSS software and chi-square test. RESULTS: According to the study, 88.9% of MRI and 75.7% of CT scan were normal. Abnormal findings on CT scan was significantly higher in boys (12.2% vs. 9.5%) (P= 0.03) and it was determined that MRI findings was also significantly higher in boys (26.3% vs. 21.5%) (P=0.04). The most common abnormal findings on CT scan was mass (16.6%) and hematoma (16.6%) and the most common abnormal findings on MRI was cysts (26.3%). CONCLUSION: The results of our study showed that the majority of imaging results in patients with headache was normal or benign lesions. Therefore, imaging should be performed only in children with abnormal findings on physical examination. Academy of Medical sciences 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5869229/ /pubmed/29719314 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.51-53 Text en © 2018 Razieh Behzadmehr, Sara Arefi, Reyhane Behzadmehr http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Paper Behzadmehr, Razieh Arefi, Sara Behzadmehr, Reyhane Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title | Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title_full | Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title_fullStr | Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title_full_unstemmed | Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title_short | Brain Imaging Findings in Children with Headache |
title_sort | brain imaging findings in children with headache |
topic | Original Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5869229/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29719314 http://dx.doi.org/10.5455/aim.2018.26.51-53 |
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