CT findings in head scans at Moi teaching and referral Hospital

Abstract

Background: The first CT scanner in western Kenya was launched on 20th February, 1998. Objective: To determine the pattern of CT findings in head scans. Design: Prospective study over a one year period. Setting: Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. Subjects: Four hundred and ninety five consecutive patients who underwent CT head scans. Results: Intracranial hemorrhage was the leading disorder with 17.8%, followed by brain infarcts at 10.5%, hydrocephalus at 6.3% and brain tumours at 5.9%. Conclusion: Intracranial disorders secondary to trauma, stroke and their sequelae are major causes of head disease in western Kenya

East African Medical Journal, May 1999, 275-277