https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2021.50

Computed tomographic pattern of stroke among adult patients in north-eastern Nigeria

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2021)
Submitted: 23 April 2019
Accepted: 19 January 2020
Published: 14 July 2021
Stroke, cranial, CT scan, North-eastern Nigeria
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Stroke and its complications are major health problems in developing countries including Nigeria. It could be a major cause of death or disability especially when only clinical assessment is relied upon for diagnosis. Computed Tomography (CT) is a valuable tool for the diagnosis of stroke. CT pattern of stroke in the North Eastern Nigeria has not been fully described. This was a prospective descriptive study conducted at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, Nigeria from June 2016 to December 2016. One hundred and eleven patients who presented with clinical features of stroke and were referred to Radiology department for cranial CT were consecutively selected. Data were analysed using SPSS version 16.0 package. A p-value of ≤ 0.05 and confidence interval of 95% were adapted for statistical analysis. The variables were expressed as range, percentage and mean plus standard deviation. All comparison of variables was done applying kappa statistic and point-biserial correlation coefficient for the correlation analysis. There were 69 (62.2%) males and 42 (37.8%) females aged 18-90 years (mean ± SD of 57.49±13.47 years). Ninety-four (94) patients (84.7%) had ischaemic stroke, while the remaining 17 (15.3%) had haemorrhagic stroke. Lobar location was identified as the most common site of ischaemic stroke while thalamo-ganglionic area was the commonest location for haemorrhagic stroke. Age and hypertension were found to be the commonest risk factors associated with stroke. It is evident from this study that ischaemic stroke is the most prevalent stroke subtype. The middle cerebral artery territory was the commonest vascular territory involved in stroke while hypertension and age are common risk factors for both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke.

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Dahiru M, Yunusa, Umar Umar H, Dahiru Aminu MC, Aminu U Usman, Suleiman T Sa’ad, Philip Oluleke Ibinaiye, and Yusuf Hadiza. 2021. “Computed Tomographic Pattern of Stroke Among Adult Patients in North-Eastern Nigeria”. Pyramid Journal of Medicine 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.4081/pjm.2021.50.

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