AIM: This study was aimed to identify the clinical and radiological profile of non-traumatic @entity451 and the various etiologies associated with the condition. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A review of the clinical and radiological presentations of adult @entity1 presenting with non-traumatic @entity451 managed at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Murtala Specialist Hospital (MMSH), Kano, from June 2006 to November 2009 was carried out. @entity1 underwent a detailed clinical evaluation followed by laboratory investigation and neuroimaging studies and were followed up for 9 months to asses outcome and complications. RESULTS: 98 @entity1 with non-traumatic @entity451 consisting of 71 males and 27 females (M:F: 5:2) were seen. The age range of the @entity1 was between 16 and 76 years, with a mean age of 40 years (SD = 15.3) years; 54 (55%) of the @entity1 presented after 2 months of the onset of @entity451 . The commonest symptoms were @entity425 of the lower limbs (100%), @entity1109 (55%), sphincteric disturbance (50%) radicular @entity158 and @entity809 (38.4%), back @entity158 (21.4%) and @entity323 (40%). All the @entity1 had X-ray of the spine; 26.3% had Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) spine. The commonest etiological factors were @entity378 ( @entity378 ) (44.4%), transverse @entity4685 (13.1%), @entity5011 (9.1%), metastatic @entity66 (4%), and @entity645 @entity602 (4%). However, the cause could not be identified in 14 (14%) of the @entity1 . The commonest site of affectation in those with @entity378 spine was lower thoracic (53.8%) and upper lumbar (23.1%) vertebrae. CONCLUSION: Clinical profile of non-traumatic @entity451 in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, is similar to that reported elsewhere in Africa, with @entity3083 and transverse @entity4685 accounting for over half the cases.

Profile and outcome of non-traumatic XXXX in Kano, northwestern Nigeria.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity323 :: ('MESH:D007172', 'Disease') :: ['erectile dysfunction'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['spinal disease'] @entity809 :: ('MESH:D010292', 'Disease') :: ['paresthesia'] @entity1109 :: ('MESH:D012678', 'Disease') :: ['loss of sensation'] @entity645 :: ('57667', 'Species') :: ['HIV'] @entity602 :: ('MESH:D013118', 'Disease') :: ['myelopathy'] @entity425 :: ('MESH:D018908', 'Disease') :: ['weakness'] @entity3083 :: ('MESH:D014399', 'Disease') :: ['spinal tuberculosis'] @entity5011 :: ('MESH:D020275', 'Disease') :: ['Guillain-Barre syndrome'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain'] @entity451 :: ('MESH:C536857', 'Disease') :: ['paraplegia'] @entity378 :: ('MESH:D014376', 'Disease') :: ['TB', 'tuberculosis'] @entity4685 :: ('MESH:D009187', 'Disease') :: ['myelitis']
@entity451 :: (MESH:C536857,Disease) :: ['paraplegia']
