Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Background: Cerebral CT has shown that the prognosis of intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is not as poor as was supposed when small hemorrhages were often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed as ischemic events, and it has changed the order of diagnostic procedures for stroke. Aim: To assess importance of CT scans in evaluation of cerebrovascular accidents. Materials and methods: The present study was conducted in the Department of Radiology of medical institution. All patients with clinical diagnosis of acute stroke were referred to the radiology department for CT scan of the brain. After fulfilling the guidelines of the study, a total of 42 patients were included in the study. CT scans of the referred patients were conducted with standardized specifications. Follow up scans of the patient were conducted for 3 months post 1st scan. Scans were correlated clinically and surgically. Results: A total of 42 patients were included in the study. The age of the patients ranged from 12-68 years with mean age to be 39.81 years. Number of male patients in the study group is 28 and number of female patients in the group is 14. Infarcts were seen in 28 patients, hemorrhage in 8 patients, CVT in 4 patients, SAH in 1 patient and normal CT scan was seen in 1 patient. Conclusion: From the results, we conclude that for accurate diagnosis of the cases of acute stroke CT scanning is the gold standard technique and should be done in all the cases. Keywords: CT scan, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Cerebrovascular accident, Stroke. Correspondence Address: Dr Deelip Chunilal Shah, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Radio-diagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Institute, Kadamwadi, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India This article may be cited as: Shah DC, Babanagar SK. Assessment of Importance of CT scans in evaluation of Cerebrovascular Accidents. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2017;5(12):29-31.