Physiological Intracranial Calcifications in Children: A computed tomography-based study.
Brain
Calcification
Computed Tomography
Dura Mater
Oman
Pineal Gland
Journal
Sultan Qaboos University medical journal
ISSN: 2075-0528
Titre abrégé: Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J
Pays: Oman
ID NLM: 101519915
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2023
May 2023
Historique:
received:
29
04
2022
revised:
14
08
2022
accepted:
07
09
2022
medline:
30
6
2023
pubmed:
28
6
2023
entrez:
28
6
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to examined the frequency of physiological intracranial calcifications (PICs) in paediatric population using computed tomography (CT). The brain CT scans of consecutive patients (age range: 0-15 years) who had visited Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, from January 2017 to December 2020 were retrospectively assessed for the presence of PICs. The presence of calcifications was identified using 3 mm-thick axial images and coronal and sagittal reformats. A total of 460 patients were examined, with a mean age of 6.54 ± 4.94 years. The frequency of PIC in boys and girls was 35.1% and 35.4%, respectively. PICs were most common in choroid plexus, observed in 35.2% (age range: 0.4-15 years, median: 12 years) of subjects, followed by the pineal gland in 21.1% (age range: 0.5-15 years, median: 12 years) and the habenular nucleus in 13.0% of subjects (age range: 2.9-15 years; median: 12 years). PICs were less common in falx cerebri, observed in 5.9% (age range: 2.8-15 years; median: 13 years) of subjects, and tentorium cerebelli, observed in 3.0% (age range: 7-15 years, median: 14 years) of subjects. PICs increased significantly with increase in age ( Choroid plexus is the most frequent site of calcification. Choroid plexus and pineal gland calcifications may be present in infants younger than one year. Recognising PICs is clinically important for radiologists as they can be mistaken for haemorrhage or pathological entities such as neoplasms or metabolic diseases.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37377832
doi: 10.18295/squmj.9.2022.058
pii: squmj2305-227-232
pmc: PMC10292592
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
227-232Informations de copyright
© Copyright 2023, Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, All Rights Reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
CONFLICT OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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