%0 Journal Article
%T Aspects of Computer-Aided Tomography Scan (Cat) in the Child Intracranial Tumors in Abidjan: Report of 30 Cases
%A Ange Eric Zouzou
%A Ange Patrick N¡¯dja
%A Alexis Kanga
%A Debato Tina Gnaoul¨¦
%A Kouam¨¦ Justin N¡¯dah
%A Lolo Diambra
%A Alexis Konan
%A Gogoua Casimir Gbazi
%J Advances in Computed Tomography
%P 30-34
%@ 2169-2483
%D 2016
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/act.2016.52003
%X Aim: The aim of this study was to specify the various computed tomography aspects of the intracranial tumors of the child. Equipment and method: It was about a retrospective study carried out in 30 children (15 boys and 15 girls) aged from 3 to 15 years (medium age 8.3 years). All the patients were explored with the computed tomography scan. Sixteen lesions profited from an anatomopathologic analysis for which an anatomoradiologic correlation was obtained. Results: The scanner objectified a cerebral tumor in all the cases. Topography was supratentorial in 19 cases (64%) and 11 cases (36%) were under tentorial. Almost all the tumors were single (96% of the cases) and were well limited (80% of the cases). The tumors were mixed in 50% of the cases with the presence of calcification in 66% of the cases. They were characterized by their large size (3 at 8 cm) in 86% of the cases. The etiologies of the tumors were dominated by glioma in 50% of the cases and as a whole, the radio-histological correlation was good (87.5%). Conclusion: Glial tumors are most frequent in the child. Computer-aided tomography scan represents here the focus of intracranial tumors diagnosis in the child. It must be carried out as a clinical suspicion to improve the diagnosis of these tumors.
%K Cranium
%K Tumor
%K Child
%K CT
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=67626