[Etiological aspects of non-tubercular spinal cord compression in Senegal (report of 253 cases)]. / Aspects étiologiques des compressions médullaires non pottiques au Sénégal (a propos de 253 observations).
Dakar Med
; 34(1-4): 64-7, 1989.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2491389
ABSTRACT
Although always dominated by Pott's Affliction, other medullar compression etiologies nevertheless constitute an important chapter in medullar pathology. Retrospective study of 253 files on non-Pottic medullar compressions compiled over 16 years (January 1972 to December 1987) led the authors to the following conclusions:
non-Pottic L.M.C.s. are predominant in men aged between 40 and 50, their clinical symptoms show no peculiarities; ordinary X-rays or myelography will often reveal the mechanism of the compression; etiologically, extradural compressions represent 65% of the causes, with secondary cancer of the spine (97 cases) and epiduritis playing an important role, followed by extramedullary intradural causes (70 cases), although meningioma are relatively rare (8 cases). Finally, intramedullary tumours in this series exclusively made up of glioma seem rare.
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Assunto principal:
Compressão da Medula Espinal
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Fr
Revista:
Dakar Med
Ano de publicação:
1989
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Article