Study of Hydrocephalus in Children using MRI and CT

Abstract

Hydrocephalus is common disease which effects pediatric and elderly people . this research aimed to study the hydrocephalus using the computed tomography(CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) modality. The study was carried out at central modern medical and alzaytona hospital and Ibrahim malik hospital in khartoum during the period from September 2017 to December 2017. Arandom sample of 50 patient ( 21 male and 29 female ) with different age was included in the study the patient selection was based on the diagnostic reports at the MR and CT department of hospital . the study revealed the significant of CT in the diagnosis of hydrocephalus ,in term of the causes determination of the site of obstruction and determine type of hydrocephalus, and also the study revaled the significant of MR in the diagnosis of hydrocephalus aid in therapy planning and post surgery follow up of patient . congenital genetic factor is considered the main cause of this disease were 62% . The result showed the non-communicating hydrocephalus constituted68% and the communicating type constituted 32% of the study sample. Finally, the study recommended conducting future study on greater sample on other places.