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Çocukluk çağı baş ağrısında nöroradyolojik görüntüleme

Neuroradiological imaging in childhood headache

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Abstract (2. Language): 
Headache is a common symptom in pediatric practice. Evaluation and diagnosis of headache are very challenging by physicians. Although there are a few reports about headache in childhood, it was shown that headache as the sign of intracranial pathologies in adults can be diagnosed by using radiological techniques. In this study we aimed to determine the etiology of headache, not accompanied by neurological symptoms, in childhood period by computerized tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in East Anatolian Region. A total number of 134 children with headache in childhood period (ranged in age from 3 to 15 years, the mean age 12.9±0.6years) were investigated by means of CT scan and MRI. CT and MRI scans were performed in 124 and 10 patients respectively within one year period.. MRI was performed with 0,3 T equipment and CT was performed with multi–detector equipment. We found radiological abnormalities in ten patients (7.46%). From the ten abnormalities, 6 abnormalities were detected with CT and 4 with MRI.We detected 5 patients with sinusitis, one patient with arachnoid cyst, one patient with demyelinated foci, one patient with lacunar infarct, one patient with communicant hydrocephalus and one patient with germ cell tumor. The most frequent radiological abnormality in children was sinusitis. Although MRI was applied to a small group the radiological abnormalities detected by MRI were higher than those detected by CT scan. In conclusion, we observed that MRI might be used in patients in childhood period who had complicated headache without neurological symptoms.
Abstract (Original Language): 
Baş ağrısı çocukluk yaş grubunda yaygın bir semptomdur. Baş ağrısının doktorlar tarafından teşhis ve değerlendirilmesi zordur. Bununla birlikte, çocukluk çağında bildirilen az miktarda olgu olmasına rağmen erişkinlerdeki başağrısında radyolojik tanı yöntemleri kullanılarak intrakranial patolojilerin ortaya çıkarılabileceği bildirilmektedir. Biz bu çalışmamızda Bilgisayarlı Tomografi (BT) ve Manyetik Rezonans Görüntüleme (MRG) yöntemleri kullanarak Türkiye’de Doğu Anadolu bölgesinde nörolojik semptomların eşlik etmediği çocukluk çağı baş ağrılarının etyoljisini tespit etmeyi amaçladık. Bu kriterlere uyan 134 çocuğun yaşları 3–15 arasında değişmekte ve yaş ortalaması 12.9±0.6 idi. Bir yıllık süre içerisinde BT inceleme 124 ve MR inceleme 10 hastada gerçekleştirildi. MR inceleme 0,3 T ve BT inceleme ÇKBT ile gerçekleştirildi. Toplam 10 hastada radyolojik anormallik saptandı (%7.46). Altı adet patoloji BT ile dört adet patoloji ise MR incelemede saptandı. Beş hastada sinüzit, bir hastada araknoid kist, bir hastada demyelinizan odak, bir hastada laküner infarct, bir hastada kominikan hidrosefali ve bir hastada germ hücreli tumor saptandı. En sık saptanan patoloji sinüzit idi. Radyolojik anormallikleri saptamada MR görüntüleme BT’den daha üstün olarak bulundu. Sonuç olarak MR inceleme nörolojik semptomları olmayan komplike baş ağrısı olan çocukluk çağındaki hastalarda kullanılabilir.
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