Study of Hydrocephalus in Sudanese Population Using Computed Tomography

Abstract

Hydrocephalus is the common disease occurs in pediatrics and it may occur in the elderly. There are three different types of hydrocephalus, non-communicating, communicating, and a third type called normal pressure hydrocephalus. The main objective of this study was to evaluate the role of CT in the diagnosis of this disease and Find out its causes. The study was carried out in Ribat University Hospital and EL-Almal National Hospital during the period from March 2019 up to September 2019 , selecting a random sample of 35 patients , 16 of them were males and 19 were females with different ages who were transferred to CT department to make investigations . Brain ventricles were measured to determine the site of obstruction and then determine the type of hydrocephalus. The problem of the study is the increase the number of cases with hydrocephalus. All axial images were studied by senior radiologists to diagnose the stage of hydrocephalus , types and causes, The data were analyzed through statistical package for social science . The result showed that hydrocephalus is more common in female (54.7 %) than in male(54.3 %),but with small difference (0.4% ) . communicating and non-communicating showed the same result (57.1%).