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MedPulse - International Medical Journal, ISSN 2348-2516 E-ISSN: 2348-1897

Volume 2, Issue 6, June 2015 pp 327-329

Research Article

Space occupying lesions of brain on MRI: Clinical study at a tertiary care hospital

Kadam Mahesh M¹, Patil Swapnil²

¹Assistant Professor, ²Senior Resident, Department of Radio diagnosis, Government Medical College, Latur, Maharashtra, INDIA.

Abstract
Background: The availability of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has caused a revolution in the approach towards the management of intracranial lesions. Midline masses, multiple or very small lesions which were not diagnosed by angiography or other methods can now precisely be seen with M.R.I. Objective: Present study was done to describe the clinical profile of patients with Space Occupying Lesions of brain visualized on MRI at a tertiary care hospital. Methods: A cross sectional observational study of 50 patients who were found to have focal intra cranial pathologies on routine MRI was done at our tertiary care hospital. Institutional ethics committee clearance was obtained prior to the study. Duration of our study was from 1^st December 2012 to 31^st October 2014. The study was carried out on GE SIGNA HDX 1.5 Tesla MRI machine. Patients referred by clinical departments whose MRI study revealed space occupying lesions in brain were included in the study. A brief clinical history, correlating with their examination findings was noted down from the patient. Results and Conclusions: From the total of 50 patients included in the study, 25 (50 %) patients were found to have convulsions as their chief complaint, 20 (40 %) had headache, 2 (4 %) were unconscious, 2 (4 %) patient had fever and 1 (2 %) patient was asymptomatic (This patient had multiple cysticerci in muscles but no neurological complaint). Most of the patients had more than one symptom as presenting complaints. Maximum numbers of patients were in the age group of 51-60 yrs (36 %). 31 (62%) patients were males and 19 (38 %) were females. No significant difference in the laterality of the disease is seen with 15 patients having midline/ bilateral involvement. Thus, present study describes the clinical profile of patients with Space Occupying Lesions of brain visualized on MRI at a tertiary care hospital.