MRI features in the non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients presenting at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra
dc.contributor.author | Gbadamosi, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mensah, Y.B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Asiamah, S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-06-27T15:26:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-06-27T15:26:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Neurological limb deficit due to non-traumatic myelopathy is a disabling and distressing neurological condition. In recent time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has proven to be the ultimate imaging modality for evaluating pathologies of the spinal cord. Objective: To describe the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features of patients with Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury evaluated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana. Results: Out of a total of 141 MRI’s evaluated 60.3% were males and 39.7% female. The majority of the respondents 85.1% had paraparesis/paraplegia,13.5% had quadriparesis/quadriplegia, 1.4% had weakness in one upper limb and both lower limbs. The commonest MRI features of NTSCI recorded was due to degenerative disease of the spine 75.9%, spinal metastases 5.7%, Pott's/pyogenic spondylitis 3.5%, demyelinating disease 2.8% and primary spinal tumours 2.8%. Conclusion: The commonest MRI findings in the study population were due to degenerative disease of the spine, followed by spinal metastases and infective spondylitis. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | DOI: 10.4314/gmj.v52i3.4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31083 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Ghana medical journal | en_US |
dc.subject | Paraparesis | en_US |
dc.subject | Paraplegia | en_US |
dc.subject | Tetraparesis | en_US |
dc.subject | Tetraplegia | en_US |
dc.subject | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | en_US |
dc.title | MRI features in the non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients presenting at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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