[The incidence of pathologic findings of the cranial computed tomography in patients with minor head trauma and its correlation with age and clinical features].
BACKGROUND
Our objective was to determine the incidence of diagnosing lesions by cranial computed tomography (CT) and to evaluate prospectively whether this incidence correlated with clinical features and age in patients with minor head trauma (MHT).


METHODS
This prospective study included 78 patients with MHT. All of the cases underwent CT following their clinical assessment.


RESULTS
In the 34.61% of cases, there was a pathologic finding in the CT however the incidence of intracranial injury was 15.38%. There were no significant differences between children (n:22) and adults (n:56), the patients with and without a history of the loss of consciousness/amnesia and the patients with and without clinical symptoms (p>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Our results support the studies which have reported that there is no non-focal clinical factor as a predictor for pathologic CT findings.
Aygün
Dursun
D
Ondokus Mayis Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Acil Tip Anabilim Dali, Samsun, Turkey. daygun@omu.edu.tr
Güven
Hakan
H
Incesu
Lütfi
L
Sahin
Havva
H
Doğanay
Zahide
Z
Altintop
Levent
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015601:Injury Severity Score; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology