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. FUNDING: Not declared.
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. FUNDING: Not declared.
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging; paraparesis; paraplegia; tetraparesis; tetraplegia
Authors: Alain Zingraff Lekoubou Looti; André Pascal Kengne; Vincent de Paul Djientcheu; Callixte T Kuate; Alfred K Njamnshi Journal: J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry Date: 2010-07 Impact factor: 10.154
Authors: Benjamin M Davies; Richard Phillips; David Clarke; Julio C Furlan; Andreas K Demetriades; Jamie Milligan; Christopher D Witiw; James S Harrop; Bizhan Aarabi; Shekar N Kurpad; James D Guest; Jefferson R Wilson; Brian K Kwon; Alexander R Vaccaro; Michael G Fehlings; Vafa Rahimi-Movaghar; Mark R N Kotter Journal: Global Spine J Date: 2022-02