Kofi-Mensa Savi de Tove- Professor
- Head of Department at University of Parakou
Kofi-Mensa Savi de Tove
- Professor
- Head of Department at University of Parakou
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The concha bullosa is a pneumatization of the middle nasal turbinate. This is a fairly common variation of normal. The giant form is a rare observation, discovered mainly in medical imaging. It is often discovered during an etiological search for chronic nasal insufficiency or accidentally during a CT scan of the face in cases of craniofacial traum...
Cette étude visait à évaluer la pertinence des indications des radiographies thoraciques pédiatriques selon le Guide de Bon Usage (GBU), à déterminer les doses d'entrée à la peau au CHUD-B/A de Parakou, et à comparer les doses administrées aux Niveaux de Référence Diagnostiques (NRD). La dose d’entrée a été calculée via le logiciel MICADO (IRSN) po...
Reçu le 21 Juillet 2024-Accepté le 12 août 2024-Publié le 1 er octobre 2024
Résumé : Les malformations lymphatiques kystiques cervico-faciales (MLK) sont des lésions vasculaires bénignes rares de la face et du cou. L'objectif était de monter l'apport de l'imagerie dans le diagnostic des MLK à Parakou. Deux patients ont consulté pour une masse sous-...
Background
COVID-19 is an emerging contagious infection with polymorphic clinical manifestations. The purpose of this study was to describe the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic features and identify the predictors of mortality among COVID-19 hospitalized cases in Parakou.
Methods
This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytic study. Sy...
Objectives: The study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of the 5th version of the
BIRADS-ACR lexicon among sub-Saharan French-speaking African radiologists.
Materials and Methods: a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study in the form of a
questionnaire was carried out by a direct survey of radiologists and residents during the
Fren...
Introduction : Les modifications morphologiques (longueur, angulations, épaisseur) du
processus styloïde (PS) peuvent irriter les structures neurovasculaires adjacentes et entrainer
des symptômes connus sous le nom de syndrome de Eagle (SE). Cette morphologie varierait
d’un individu à un autre et d’une population à une autre. L’objectif général...
Introduction: Morphological changes (length, angulations, and thickness) of the styloid process (SP) can cause friction with adjacent neurovascular structures and lead to symptoms known as Eagle syndrome (ES). This morphology would vary from individual to individual and from population to population. The aim was to study the morphology of the PS on...
RESUME Objectif : Evaluer l'apport de l'échographie thoracique (ET) dans le diagnostic des pleuropneumopa-thies de l'adulte au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Départemental du Borgou et de l'Alibori (CHUD-B/A). Patients et Méthodes : Il s'est agi d'une étude transversale descriptive analytique réalisée sur la période allant du 15 Mars au 15 Aout 2...
Atypical ossified chronic subdural hematoma mimicking an extradural
Calcified or ossified chronic subdural hematoma is a rare entity, accounting for approximately 0.3 to
2.7% of chronic subdural hematoma. It has an non-specific clinical presentation. Cutaway medical ima�ging is used for diagnosis. We report a case of chronic ossified chronic subd...
Introduction: Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children. Chest ultrasonography is a
non-irradiating imaging technique that is available and can be rapidly implemented at the patient's
bedside. According to some studies, it is more effective than chest X-ray. This research was therefore
initiated to calculate the performance ind...
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the contribution of transcranial
ultrasonography (TUS) in the management of preterm
newborns at the departemental teaching hospital of
Borgou/Alibori in Parakou in 2019.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a descriptive
analytical cross-sectional study with prospective data
collection conducted from 1 February to 31 Augu...
ABSTRACT
Aim: Determine the seroprevalence of hepatitis B virus infection and associated factors among students in the first year of medical school at the University
of Parakou in 2018. Methods: This was a descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study with prospective data collection from 02 to 31 May 2018 at the
University of Parakou. All stude...
Objective: to describe the results of CT angiography in patients suspected of pulmonary
embolism (PE) in Cotonou.
Materials and Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study was
conducted over a period of 42 months in two medical imaging departments in Cotonou. Included
were all patients of both sexes and of any age who...
Introduction : La thrombose spontanée d’une varicocèle est rare. Seuls 20 cas ont été répertoriés de par le monde depuis la première description de la pathologie faite en 1935 par Mc Gavin. Son diagnostic est rendu difficile par la similitude de ses manifestations cliniques avec d’autres affections scrotales aigues. Les auteurs rapportent un cas de...
Objectif : Evaluer le respect des normes de la radioprotection dans les services d’imagerie médicale du Nord Bénin.
Matériels et Méthodes : Etude transversale descriptive menée d’avril à juin 2017, dans tous les services de radiologie fonctionnels du Nord-Bénin. La collecte des données a été réalisée par entretien avec les travailleurs, observation...
Objective: evaluate the practice of radiation protection in the medical imaging services of Northern Benin. Materials and Methods: cross-sectional and descriptive study conducted from April to June 2017, in all functional radiology services in North Benin. Data collection was carried out through interviews with workers, direct observation and/or me...
Background:
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication of snakebite envenomation, which is still little known in sub-Saharan Africa. This study aims to describe the clinical, biological and ultrasonographic aspects of AKI following severe snakebite envenomation managed in the intensive care unit.
Method:
A prospective observational surve...
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ARTICLE ORIGINAL / RESEARCH ARTICLE
État des lieux de la pratique de la radiologie
interventionnelle en Afrique subsaharienne francophone.
State of the practice of interventional radiology in sub-saharan Africa french-speaking
countries.
SAVI de TOVE Kofi-Mensa1,2*
; AKANNI Djivèdé1,2 ; ADJ...
La torsion du cordon spermatique périnatale est une pathologie rare et une urgence chirurgicale. Nous en rapportons un cas de même qu'une revue des modalités diagnostiques et thérapeutiques. Il agissait d'un nouveau-né à J0 de vie, adressé pour une tuméfaction ferme du testicule droit, découverte à l'examen systématique du nouveau-né. L'échographie...
Objective: To assess the frequency of posterior sinusitis discovered incidentally, and to study some epidemiological and CT features in the Cotonou Teaching Hospital (CNHU-HKM).
Patients and methods: It was a descriptive and retrospective cross-sectional study, from January 1 to June 30, 2011, in the radiology department of the National Hospital Un...
L’objectif de cette étude était de mesurer le niveau de connaissances en radioprotection des travailleurs exposés aux rayonnements ionisants en milieu médical en Afrique francophone sub-saharienne. Une étude transversale sous forme de questionnaire a été réalisée à Cotonou en mai 2019 durant les Journées de radiologie d’Afrique noire francophone (J...
Introduction: Damage to the nasal cavities and sinuses of the face concern many disciplines, especially the specialist in Otorhinolaryngology and Cer-vical-Facial Surgery (ENT-CFS), since most symptoms have little value to direct the patient towards a precise diagnosis, radiological exploration, including three-dimensional imaging, provides diagnos...
Background: Measuring optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD), a relatively recent technique, allows an indirect and non-invasive diagnosis of intracrani-al hypertension. The ONSD ratio to eyeball transverse diameter (ETD) increases this reliability of the technique. The objective of this study was to determine the normal ONSD and its ratio with ETD in...
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Background and Aim: Surgical management of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) is a common practice. This study aimed to report the morbidities and mortalities observed during surgical treatment of LSS and the outcome of these patients after management over an 8-year study period. Methods and Materials/Patients: It was a retrospective, descriptive, and tr...
Brain abscesses can cause significant morbidity in patients with cyanogen heart disease. In countries with limited resources treatment, it is difficult and prognosis is guarded. Here we report a case of brain abscesses revealing a rare form of cyanogen heart disease, the trilogy of Fallot, in Parakou in the north of Benin. The study involved a 9-ye...
Sphenoid sinuses are carved into the body of the sphenoid bone. They are probably the most variably pneumatized structures of the skull. They begin their pneumatization at the age of three and finished at adolescence. Several anatomic variants of sphenoid sinuses have been described in the literature. The agenesis of sphenoid sinuses in adults is v...
Objectif : Décrire les indications et les résultats de l'échographie Doppler vasculaire en pratique de ville à Cotonou au Bénin. Matériels et Méthodes : Une étude rétrospective et descriptive a été menée sur les archives des comptes rendus d'échographie Doppler vasculaire d'octobre 2015 à juin 2018, soit une période de 33 mois dans l'unité d'échogr...
The choledochal cyst is a rare congenital malformation of the bile ducts. It is considered as a precancerous state. The incidence of cancer in choledochal cyst increases with age and occurs around 32 years old. Therefore, young adults are often involved. In adults, clinical signs are rare and unspecific. We are reporting here the case of a cholangi...
RESUME Objectif: Décrire les lésions retrouvées à l'Imagerie par Résonnance Magnétique (IRM) chez les traumatisés du rachis cervical et thoracique à Cotonou. Méthodologie : Étude rétrospective sur une durée de 12 mois; de janvier 2017 à décembre 2017; réalisée à l'unité d'IRM du CRES/IRM de Cotonou. Étaient inclus tous les traumatisés du rachis cer...
The aneurysm of the Galen vein is a rare and complex congenital intracerabral vascular malformation. We report a case suspected by the obstetric ultrasound in the third trimester and confirmed by the transfontanellar Doppler ultrasound and brain CT-Scan in the asymptomatic 11-day old baby born at term.
Le comitée de rédaction se réserve le droit de...
Introduction: several studies around the world have shown a significant increase in student mistreatments in the Faculty of Medicine. The purpose
of our study was to analyze student mistreatments and associated factors in the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Parakou (FM/UP) in 2018. Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and a...
L’histoplasmose est une mycose systémique rare causée par deux champignons, Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum et Histoplasma capsulatum var duboisii qui sévit en Afrique.
Nous rapportons deux cas d’histoplasmoses disséminées à Histoplasma capsulatum var. duboissii diagnostiqués par examen mycologique microscopique des pus cutanés chez deux béni...
Background:
In Africa, snakebite envenomations are frequently complicated by life-threatening hemorrhagic syndromes. The authors of the present study conducted a prospective analysis at the University Hospital of Parakou (north of Benin) for seven months (January 1 to July 31, 2014) to assess the contribution of ultrasonography to the diagnosis of...
Goal: The goal of this study is to define the epidemiological profile and identify the different brain lesions diagnosed in ultrasonography in preterm infants in Benin environment. Patients and methods: It is a prospective cross-sectional study of analytical aiming. It took place over a period of 6 months, from May 1st to October 31st, 2012 at the...
Objective: To investigate the compliance of computed tomography (CT) scan requests in the X-ray units of Sub-Saharan Africa. Methods: Multi-centric, exhaustive, descriptive and cross-sectional study (Burkina Faso and Benin) focused on CT scan requests implemented and interpreted from May 1 to July 31, 2014. Request compliance was assessed according...
La grossesse intra-murale est la variété la plus rare de grossesse extra-utérine. Il s'agit de la localisation de l’œuf dans l’épaisseur du myomètre. En cas de retard diagnostic, l’évolution peut être catastrophique avec rupture utérine et hémorragie cataclysmique. L’échographie permet dans certains cas un diagnostic pré opératoire. Les auteurs rap...
Background & Aim: Lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) is a common condition. This congenital or acquired stenosis has multiple etiologies. The goal of this study was to describe intraoperative pathoanatomic findings of lumbar spinal stenosis observed within a black African population. African patients who underwent surgery for LSS were included. Intra ope...
Tricuspid infective endocarditis is rare and represents five to 10[%] of all cases of infective endocarditis. It occurs predominantly in intravenous drug users, and patients with central venous catheters or intracardiac probes. We report on the case of subacute tricuspid infective endocarditis in a girl of 17 years. She had no particular cardiovasc...
Emphysematous cystitis is a severe urinary tract infection which threatens patients’ life. Thus, it requires early diagnosis and computed tomography (CT) is the reference medical exam used to address it. However, ultrasound, which is a non-ionizing and very accessible technique, may also contribute to diagnosis. The aim of this study was to illustr...
Aim: Define the average values of the cerebral ventricles size in ultrasonography transfontanellar in premature newborns and newborns at term in Benin environment.
Patients and Methods: This is a prospective cross-sectional study of analytical aiming. It took place over a period of 6 months, from May 1st to October 31st, 2012 at the National Hospit...
Introduction: L'objectif de cette étude était de déterminer le diamètre échographique de l'enveloppe du nerf optique (DENO) dans une population d'enfants sains noirs Africains au Bénin.
Méthodes: Une étude transversale descriptive a été menée sur une période de 6mois. Le DENO a été mesuré chez 304 enfants sains. Deux mesures échographiques du DENO...
Introduction: Décrire l’apport de l’échographie réalisée avec un appareil polyvalent dans les traumatismes oculaires. Méthodes: Il s’agit d’une étude prospective descriptive réalisée du 01 février au 01 aout 2010 dans le service d’imagerie médicale du CHD Borgou. Trente deux (32) patients présentant un traumatisme oculaire avec baisse de l’acuité v...
Objective
. The aim of this study was to describe the indications and results of exploratory burr hole performed at the Departmental Teaching Hospital of Borgou (Benin).
Methods
. It was a retrospective study performed from January 2008 to February 2011. It concerned patients with a closed traumatic brain injury (TBI) in which an exploratory burr h...
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) represent one major cause of death worldwide. The young people are most concerned and road crash is the first etiology.
To establish the frequency, clinical, and radio-anatomical sides of TBI after road crash.
It was descriptive study performed from January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009 in Borgou Departmental Hospital, Ben...
The goal of this study was to report skull vault injuries characteristics among motorcyclists after crash.
It was descriptive study performed at the Departmental Hospital of Borgou, Benin from January 2008 to April 2009. It concerned motorcyclists hospitalized after traffic accidents. They undergoing skull X-ray and or Brain CT-scan.
On 106 patient...
To report useful of skull X-Ray in surgical management of traumatic brain injuries in Benin.
Descriptive study performed in the Neurosurgery Unit of CHD-Borgou in the North-East of Benin. It concerned 29 cases of TBI all operated between April 2008 and June 2009 on clinical and radiographic criteria.
The mean age of the patients was 23.46 SD 14.28...
Introduction et objectif : L'objectif de cette étude était d'identifier les déterminants des reports d'actes de chirurgie par les patients. Patients et méthodes : Du 1 er Janvier 2008 au 31 Décembre 2009, une enquête a été faite chez les patients programmés dans le service de chirurgie et n'ayant pas respecté le premier rendezvous. Seuls ceux qui é...
RESUME Affection mettant rapidement en jeu le pronostic vital la péritonite aiguë généralisée est encore dans les pays en développement un probléme de santé publique où elle reste grevée d'une mortalité élevée (19,47%) et d'une morbidité encore lourde [1]. Notre but était d'étudier les aspects épidémiologiques, cliniques et paracliniques de l'affec...
