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FREQUENCY OF HYDROCEPHALUS IN CASES OF TBM

HAROON RASHEED, ALI AMEER, MUHAMMAD ZOHAIB AFZAAL

Objectives: To determine the frequency of hydrocephalus in cases of TBM. Material & methods; This was a cross sectional study conducted at different centers of Sargodha and Lahore from January 2019 to September 2019. The detailed demographic data was collected. The cases of TBM were selected on clinical and laboratory diagnosis and then they underwent CT scan of brain (plain) and diagnosis of TBM was made in BMRC scale. Results; In the present study there were total 100 cases of TBM, out of which 60 (60%) were males and 40 (40%) females with mean age of 47.23±10.39 years. There were 6 (6%) cases in stage I, 65 (65%) in II and 29 (29%) in stage III of TBM. Hydrocephalus was observed in 48 (48%) of the cases. There was no significant difference in terms of gender and age groups with p values of 0.67 and 0.58 respectively. The results were significantly higher in those that had stage III of TBM where it was see in 19 (65.52%) out of 29 cases as compared to 27 (41.54%) cases in stage II and 2 (33.33%) in stage I of their respective groups with p value of 0.02. Conclusion; Hydrocephalus is seen nearly in half of the cases with TBM and it is significantly high in cases that had stage III of TBM. Key words;TBM, hydrocephalus.