Open AccessImagerie Des Retars Psychomoteurs De L’enfant A Lome
Author(s) -
Abdoulatif Amadou,
Lantam Sonhaye,
Kouméabalo Assih,
M. Hemou,
D Kombate,
Dm. D’almeida,
Ak. Agbangba,
G. Wattara,
B. N’timon,
K Adjenou
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
european scientific journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1857-7881
pISSN - 1857-7431
DOI - 10.19044/esj.2017.v13n27p258
Subject(s) - medicine , hydrocephalus , choroid plexus , craniopharyngioma , radiology , pathological , etiology , atrophy , cerebral atrophy , lesion , magnetic resonance imaging , surgery , pathology , central nervous system
Objective: To determine by radiology the different etiologies of psychomotor delays (PMD) in Lomé (Togo). Material and Method: Retrospective study of 12 months in the radiology department of CAMPUS Teaching Hospital, concerned images of CT and MRI scans of children 0-16 years of age with PMD. Results: The mean age was 4.4 years +/- 4.35. The result was pathological in 69.63% of the cases.Cerebral atrophy was the most frequent lesion (40.50%), followed by hydrocephalus (23.14%). The congenital stenosis of the Sylvius aqueduct was the most frequent malformation (37.93%). Triventricular hydrocephalus accounted for 45.61% of hydrocephalus. The most common tumor lesions were choroid plexus carcinoma and craniopharyngioma (28.57% each). Meningo-encephalitis accounted for half of infectious cases. Conclusion: PMD is most often the consequence of several cerebral pathologies. The most frequent of which is cerebral atrophy.