TITLE:
CT-Scan Presentations of Brain Malformations in Children: About Three Cases in Regional Hospital of Ngaoundere-Cameroon
AUTHORS:
Neossi Guena Mathurin, Alapha Florent, Doka Kamo Héléne
KEYWORDS:
Brain Malformations, Cerebral CT-Scan, Dandy Walker, Sturge Weber Diseases, Hemimegalencephaly, Poor Resource Country
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Radiology,
Vol.8 No.2,
June
19,
2018
ABSTRACT: Brain malformations are rare, difficult to diagnose and have unpredictable evolution. They are the major causes of epilepsy, psychomotor development abnormalities and other neurological disorders. The neuroimaging technique of choice for diagnosis of these malformations is magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), but unfortunately MRI is expensive, and is not available in a poor resource country like Cameroon. CT scan associated to clinical signs can help to suspect or to confirm a malformation. The authors report here three cases of malformations discovered during cranial CT scan at the regional hospital of Ngaoundéré. They are Dandy Walker malformation, Sturge Weber’s disease and hemimegalencephaly. These cases contribute to the knowledge of this rare event, and emphasize the importance of CT scan on their diagnosis in the absence of MRI.