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Author(s) -
Abdul Rehman,
Mohammad Amin Sheikh,
Mustansar Mahmood Waraich
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2009.16.04.2746
Subject(s) - medicine , computed tomography , basal (medicine) , radiology , diagnostic accuracy , nuclear medicine , contrast enhancement , retrospective cohort study , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , insulin
Objective: To study the diagnostic value of basal enhancement on computed tomography (CT scan) in differentiating tuberculous(TBM) from pyogenic (PM) meningitis. Design: Retrospective case control study. Setting: The Pediatric department in collaboration with thedepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic imaging of Bahawal Victoria hospital, Bahawalpur. Methods: The reports of CT scan (contrast) donewithin 5 days of admission of children 4 month to14 years of age with a diagnosis of either TBM (case group) or PM (control group) wereanalyzed for the basal enhancement. Results: The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of basal enhancement in the diagnosis of TBM was0.97,1,1 and 0.95 respectively. Conclusions: The presence of the basal enhancement on CT scan can effectively distinguish TBM from PM.