Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Intracranial Infections at a Tertiary Level Medical College
Journal Title: Journal of Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences University - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Intracranial infections range from indolent to life threatening and from self limited to relentlessly progressive. Early detection and accurate characterization with MRI can allow appropriate therapy to be initiated and complication to be managed appropriately. Aim and Objectives: This prospective diagnostic study was conducted to evaluate role of MRI in diagnosis of intracranial infection and to study its specificity in various intracranial infections. Material and Methods: A prospective study of 100 patients with clinical presentation of intracranial infections was conducted in the Department of Radiodiagnosis at the tertiary care hospital in Goa (Goa Medical College), over a period of one year and six months by using 1.5 Tesla superconductive unit. Results and Conclusions: MRI is undoubtedly an indispensible tool to evaluate patients presenting with intracranial infections. Careful evaluation of magnetic resonance behaviour of infectious lesions helps in identifying not only the precise location and extent of the lesion, but also in proposing a specific etiology in many such patients.
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Shweta Gupta , Jeevan A. Vernekar , Sachin S. Amate , Jagdish A. Cacodcar , Anish J. Vernekar
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