MRI features in the non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients presenting at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

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dc.contributor.authorGbadamosi, H.
dc.contributor.authorMensah, Y.B.
dc.contributor.authorAsiamah, S.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T15:26:24Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T15:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2018-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: 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.otherDOI: 10.4314/gmj.v52i3.4
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/31083
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGhana medical journalen_US
dc.subjectParaparesisen_US
dc.subjectParaplegiaen_US
dc.subjectTetraparesisen_US
dc.subjectTetraplegiaen_US
dc.subjectMagnetic Resonance Imagingen_US
dc.titleMRI features in the non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients presenting at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accraen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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