USG in diagnosis of meningitis and its complications

USG is an important method in diagnosis and follow up of meningitis and its complications. in this study we performed cranial USG in 20 meningitic cases who had been performed LP and confirmed laboratory and clinically. We followed up patients who had pathologic signs of meningitis. in 18 of 20 patients meningitic signs were detected. On the other hand in two patients cranial USG signs were normal. In 4 of the 18 patients only hydrocephalus, in 2 patients both hydrocephalus and ventriculitis occured.

MENENJİT VE KOMPLİKASYONLARININ TANI VE TAKİBİNDE ULTRASONOGRAFİ

Ultrasonografi menenjit ve komplikasyonlarýnýn taný ve takibinde önemli bir görüntüleme yöntemidir. Bu çalýşmada lomber ponksiyon yapýlmýş, laboratuvar ve klinik olarak menenjit tanýsý almýş 20 olguya kranial USG uyguladýk. Patolojik bulgu saptadýğýmýz hastalarý bulgular normale dönünceye kadar takip ettik. 20 hastanýn l 8'inde USG'de menenjit ile uyumlu bulgular saptadýk. 2 hastada ise kranial USG bulgularý normaldi. 18 hastadan 4'ünde hidrosefali, 2'sinde ise hidrosefali ile birlikte ventrikülit gelişti.