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ORIGINAL RESEARCH ARTICLES |
Computed Tomography For Primary Headache
Erkan Taner KARAGÖZ, MD,a Ayhan ÖZTÜRK, MDa
aDepartment of Neurology, Düzce Medical Faculty of Abant İzzet Baysal University, DÜZCE
Objective: Headache is one of the most common physical complaints. Although headaches are generally benign, neuro-imaging studies are frequently performed to exclude serious underlying disease. In this study, we aimed to determine the frequency of abnormal computed tomography (CT) scans of the brain in the evaluation of patients with headache who present without neurological signs.
Material and Methods: A retrospective study was performed in order to evaluate the frequency of abnormalities detected by CT in 191 patients presenting in the Neurology Outpatient Clinic between January 1998 and November 2003 with complaints of tension-type and chronic daily headache, migraine and migrain-like headache, as well as mixed-type headache.
Results: CT scans was normal in 87.4% of the patients. Some abnormalities were encountered in about one out of eighth patients. Among the abnormalities, the most commonly seen were; lacunal (2.1%), inflammatory sinus disease, polypoid mass and retention cyst (1.6%), cortical atrophy (3.1%), cavum septum pellucidum (1%), calcification (1%), and others (3.6%). None of the patients had clinically significant lesions.
Conclusion: We found no clinically significant abnormality in headache patients with normal neurological examinations.Keywords: Headache, tomography scanners, X-ray computedTurkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci 2004, 24:614-617
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