DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2021.v09i10.007

Pages: 1520-1524

Background: MRI can distinguish a variety of pathological conditions of brain like infarcts, tumors, haemorrhage, developmental and structural abnormalities, infections, inflammations, and vascular abnormalities. It can also detect functional status of V-P shunt, whether working or not. Aim of the study to assess the spectrum of MRI findings of the brain among the patients presenting with various clinical conditions. Methods & Materials: It was a prospective observational study conducted in the Dept. of Radiology & Imaging, Dr. Sirajul Islam Medical College and Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from January 2018 to December 2018. A total of 136 patients with several health problems were attended in the hospital and underwent diagnostic brain MRI. The ethical committee of the mentioned hospital has approved this study. Properly written consent was taken from each participant before starting data collection. A pre-designed questionnaire was used in patent data collection. All data were processed, analyzed, and disseminated by MS Office and SPSS version as per need. Result: Majority (58.82%) of the patients were of male sex. Elderly (>60 years) population comprised 38.2% of the participants. A significant number of patients had more than one pathological MRI findings. 49.6% participants had deep white matter ischemic changes. Mild to moderate degree of generalized cortical atrophy was found in 41.2% patients. Unilateral (8.4%) or bilateral maxillary sinusitis was evident in 17.6%. Acute infarcts were found in left/right (7.6%)/both cerebral hemisphere (6.9%); old infarcts were identified in right/left (5.3%)/both cerebral hemisphere (3.8%). Right-sided vestibular schwannoma were found in 2.3% participants. Besides these, some other minor MRI findings were observed among 45% of participants. MRI findings were unremarkable in 20.6% patients. Conclusion: Deep white matter ischemic changes (DWMI), mild to moderate degree of generalized cortical atrophy .....