Author(s)

Ange Eric Zouzou^1,2*, Ange Patrick N’dja^1,2, Alexis Kanga^1,2, Debato Tina Gnaoulé^1,2, Kouamé Justin N’dah^1,3, Lolo Diambra^1,2, Alexis Konan^1,2, Gogoua Casimir Gbazi^1,2

¹Faculty of Medical Sciences of Abidjan, Felix Houphouet-Boigny University of Abidjan, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
²Department of Radiology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
³Department of Anatomical Pathology, University Hospital of Cocody, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

Aim: The aim of this study was to specify the various computed tomography aspects of the intracranial tumors of the child. Equipment and method: It was about a retrospective study carried out in 30 children (15 boys and 15 girls) aged from 3 to 15 years (medium age 8.3 years). All the patients were explored with the computed tomography scan. Sixteen lesions profited from an anatomopathologic analysis for which an anatomoradiologic correlation was obtained. Results: The scanner objectified a cerebral tumor in all the cases. Topography was supratentorial in 19 cases (64%) and 11 cases (36%) were under tentorial. Almost all the tumors were single (96% of the cases) and were well limited (80% of the cases). The tumors were mixed in 50% of the cases with the presence of calcification in 66% of the cases. They were characterized by their large size (3 at 8 cm) in 86% of the cases. The etiologies of the tumors were dominated by glioma in 50% of the cases and as a whole, the radio-histological correlation was good (87.5%). Conclusion: Glial tumors are most frequent in the child. Computer-aided tomography scan represents here the focus of intracranial tumors diagnosis in the child. It must be carried out as a clinical suspicion to improve the diagnosis of these tumors.

Cranium, Tumor, Child, CT

Zouzou, A. , N’dja, A. , Kanga, A. , Gnaoulé, D. , Justin N’dah, K. , Diambra, L. , Konan, A. and Casimir Gbazi, G. (2016) Aspects of Computer-Aided Tomography Scan (Cat) in the Child Intracranial Tumors in Abidjan: Report of 30 Cases. Advances in Computed Tomography, 5, 30-34. doi: 10.4236/act.2016.52003.