Indications for brain MR imaging in the study population (n = 718)
| Diseases | Prevalence |
|---|---|
| Epilepsy | 123 (17.2%) |
| Supratentorial, suprasellar, or optic tumors | 65 (9%) |
| Ocular globe pathology | 56 (7.7%) |
| Suspicion of pituitary lesion (staturo-pondéral growth retardation, obesity, and so forth) | 55 (7.6%) |
| Encephalitis, mastoiditis, meningitis, endocarditis, otitis, or empyema | 52 (7.3%) |
| Extracerebral tumor or histiocytosis or blood disease | 40 (5.6%) |
| Cranial trauma | 37 (5.2%) |
| Spinal or medullary pathology, scoliosis, low back pain | 36 (5%) |
| Supratentorial benign lesion (arachnoid cyst, pineal cyst, interhemispheric cyst, and so forth) | 32 (4.4%) |
| Extracerebral or supratentorial vascular malformation | 28 (3.9%) |
| Extracerebral venous-lymphatic malformation | 26 (3.6%) |
| Isolated cervicofacial pathology (cervical mass, velar insufficiency, and so forth) | 21 (2.9%) |
| Cyst or nasal root mass | 19 (2.6%) |
| Headache | 15 (2.1%) |
| Deafness | 10 (1.4%) |
| Others | 103 (14.5%) |