Komlanvi Adjenou

Echographie Pédiatrique En Pratique Hospitaliere Au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) De Kara Au Togo

Purpose: To list pediatric ultrasound exams performed at Kara University Hospital Center in Togo and the pathologies observed. Materials and methods: This was a retrospective and descriptive study of the results of pediatric ultrasound examinations performed in the Department of Radiology and Imaging of Kara University Hospital Center. The study ran from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2016, over a period of 3 years. Results: The frequency of pediatric ultrasounds was 5.1%. The average age of the patients was 2.16 years with extremes of 1 day to 15 years. There was a male predominance with a sex ratio of 1.4. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasound were the most represented, 92%, followed by cervical ultrasound in 2.6% of cases. Abdominal ultrasound indications were dominated by abdominal pain in 33.6% of cases, followed by palpation of abdominal mass in 15.7%. Cervical ultrasounds were motivated in 5 out of 8 cases by the cervical swelling. Abdomino-pelvic ultrasonography was pathological in 70.1% of cases. Hepatic affections were the most common abdominal abnormality in 37.8% of cases followed by splenic disorders. Hepatic lesions were dominated by European Scientific Journal February 2018 edition Vol.14, No.6 ISSN: 1857 – 7881 (Print) e - ISSN 1857- 7431 444 homogeneous hepatomegaly with 63.2% of cases. Cervical ultrasound was pathological in 6 out of 8 cases. The lesions observed were mainly cervical lymphadenopathy (4 cases out of 6). Conclusion: Ultrasound is a very useful tool in the exploration of pediatric diseases. The abdominal ultrasound is the most performed and hepatic pathologies are the most common.

Normative dimensions of lumbar canal and dural sac by computer tomography in Togo

Abstract Objective: To determine through CT scan, the biometrics of the spinal canal and lumbar dural sac of adults in Togo. Material and method: Twelve month prospective study at Campus

Neurovascular Conflicts of Cerebellopontine Angle: A Review of the Literature

The pathology of the cistern of the cerebellopontine angle is primarily the disease of the nervous and vascular structures that it contains and of the meninges that line it. It appears by the Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN), Hemifacial spasm (HFS), and Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia (GN). We have reviewed the anatomy, pathogenesis, diagnostics and therapy of neurovascular conflicts of cerebellopontine angle. The clinical manifestations of the conflict vary according to the affected nerve. The diagnosis is made on the basis of symptoms but need to be confirmed by imaging. Now-a-days, high-fields Magnetic Resonance Imagings (MRIs) are the standard gold diagnostic method but stay impervious in areas or countries that are less medically equipped. The treatment of neurovascular conflicts of cerebellopontine angle is conservative or interventional. The interventional acts constitute the only curative treatments.