Detection of acute small amount of subarachnoid hemorrhage: Comparison between fluid-attenuated inversion recovery MR imaging and CT
Autor: | Maha K. Abdel Ghaffar, Mohamed Amin Nassef, Raymond Z. Eleya |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Předmět: |
lcsh:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
medicine.medical_specialty Subarachnoid hemorrhage medicine.diagnostic_test Lumbar puncture business.industry lcsh:R895-920 Magnetic resonance imaging Fluid-attenuated inversion recovery medicine.disease Mr imaging Predictive value nervous system diseases True negative Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Lumbar tap mental disorders medicine FLAIR Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neurosurgery Radiology business CT |
Zdroj: | The Egyptian Journal of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Vol 45, Iss 3, Pp 833-839 (2014) |
ISSN: | 0378-603X |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ejrnm.2014.05.013 |
Popis: | Purpose To evaluate the possibility of detecting small amount of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (ASH) diluted by CSF not revealed by CT but identified on fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MRI. Patients and methods 50 patients with acute neurological symptoms were referred from the neurosurgery department to the radiodiagnosis department for computed tomography CT and magnetic resonance imaging MRI examination. Results Lumbar puncture proved 41 positive cases, MRI (FLAIR) interpreted 43 positive cases (40 true positive and 3 false positive) and 7 negative cases (6 true negative and one false negative) while CT interpreted 39 positive cases (37 true positive and 2 false positive) and 11 negative cases (7 true negative and 4 false negative). Conclusion FLAIR MRI was more sensitive and more accurate in the diagnosis of acute SAH than CT scan, having a much higher negative predictive value to exclude acute SAH, however its positive predictive value was slightly lower than CT, but there was no statistically significant difference statistically between the two in diagnosis of SAH. |
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