Radya GamalEldin Osman MBBS, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Abdalla M. Gabir MD, FRCR, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Mirghany O. Babiker MBBS, FRCR, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Isam M. Izzeldin MBBS, MRCP, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

16 cases of brain pathology where matched with radiology and histopathology diagnoses .Those 16 cases are presented in this study.

Sudan is a country with a population of 36,787,012 and a size of 718,723 square miles. There are 17 MRI machines present in the entire country. Fifteen of them are located in the capital Khartoum, while 2 machines are left to serve the other 16 states. Out of the 17 MRI units, only 3 diagnostic MRI centers have a data archiving option, leading to the loss of valuable patient data.

For this study, a database of 1,540 MRI brain images, scanned during 2012, was created. The data was used to identify 662 cases with brain pathology.

Age and gender distribution of cases was also analyzed. For the purpose of comparison, 87 histopathology reports from the same hospital were obtained in order to confirm the radiologic diagnosis.

Osman, R, Gabir, A, Babiker, M, Izzeldin, I, Data Analysis of Brain MRI at a Tertiary Hospital in Sudan.  Radiological Society of North America 2013 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, December 1 - December 6, 2013 ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2013/13044122.html