J Korean Radiol Soc.  1984 Jun;20(2):253-261. 10.3348/jkrs.1984.20.2.253.

Evaluation of computer tomography in cerebro-vascular disease (strokes)

• Lee YS
• Baek SY
• Rhee CS
• Kim HS

• KMID: 2463041
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.1984.20.2.253

Abstract

Most of cerbrovascular disease are composed of vascular occlusive changes & hemorrhage. Now a day, the computed tomograhy is the best way for evaluation of cerebrovascular disease including detection of nature,location ,& associated changes. This study includes evaluation of CT of 70 patients with cerebrovascular disease during the period of 10 months from April. 1983 to Feb. 1984 in Department of Radiology, Ewha Womans University Hospital. The results were as follows; 1. Age distribution of the total 70 patients was broad ranging from 25years to 79 years. 78.6% of patients were over the age of 50. The male and female sex ratio was 1.4:1. 2. 4 out of70 patients were normal and 66 patients revealed abnormal on C.T, findings; those were intracranial hemorrhage(28patients), cerebral infarction,(34 patients) and brain atrophy(4 patients). 3. In cases of cerebral infarction,the cerebral hemisphere was most common sit of lesion(28 cases), and next was basal ganglia (2 cases). Most of the infarcts in cerebral hemisphere were located in the parietal and temporal lobes. 4. In cases of intracranial hemorrhage, the basal ganglia was most common site of lesion(15 cases). The next common site was cerebral hemisphere (9 cases). 6 patients of all intracranial hemorrhage were combined with intraventricular hemorrhage.Ratio of right and left was 2:3. 5. In patients with motor weakness of hemiparesis, more common findings on CT scan were cerebral infarction. In case with hemiplegia, more common CT findings were intracerbral hemorrhage. 6.Of the 40 cases thought to be cerebral infarction intitially by clinical findings and spinal tap. 8 cases (20.0%)were proved to be cerebral hemorrhage by the CT scan. However, of the 22 cases thought to be cerbral hemorrhage,initially, only two cases (9.0%) were cerebral infarction.

MeSH Terms

Age Distribution
Basal Ganglia
Brain
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Cerebral Infarction
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Cerebrum
Female
Hemiplegia
Hemorrhage
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Male
Paresis
Rabeprazole
Sex Ratio
Spinal Puncture
Temporal Lobe
Tomography, X-Ray Computed