Does anyone have any further insight to this CT Scan? We would love to hear from anyone who has knowledge about this sort of thing.
MeCure Healthcare Ltd.
Opp FMC,Aba Road, Umuahia, Abia State, Nigeria. Abia Specialist Hospital & Diagnostic Centre,
10:2602/10/13
Female
48 Years

Dr. SELF
Mrs. ROSE OGOKE
Reporting Date/Time 13:00 - 03/10/2013: -

Registration Date/Time :
CT SCAN - NECK
Axial plain and CECT study of the neck done followed by multiplanar volume reconstruction:
The naso, oro and laryngo pharynx region appear normal with no definite mass lesions identified.
Parapharyngeal fat planes appear preserved.
Remaining underlying soft tissues including the tissue fat planes appear normal with no evidence of
abnormal soft tissue swelling or fluid collections identified.
The carotid and jugular vessels appear normal.
Styloid process appear normal bilaterally. Calcification / ossification seen along the bilateral proximal
stylohyoid ligament extending over a short segment (normal variant).
No significant lymph node enlargement identified.
No bony destruction seen.

Registration Date/Time :
Evidence of heterogeneous moderately enhancing lesion noted with spinal canal at C5/6 level measuring
1.6 x 2.2 x 2.4 cm possibly representing cord neoplasm (Advise- MRI Cervical spine for further
evaluation)
IMPRESSION:
Evidence of heterogeneous moderately enhancing lesion noted with spinal canal at C5/6 level measuring
1.6 x 2.2 x 2.4 cm possibly representing cord neoplasm ? Astrocytoma/Ependymoma (Advise- MRI
Cervical spine for further evaluation) Kindly correlate clinically.

Dr. HARMEET S DHILLON
MBBS, MD (RADIOLOGY)
CONSULTANT RADIOLOGIST
*1213002932*We did get advice from a US doctor who was on a medical mission in Nigeria and we do plan to have her get an MRI at Memfy's Hospital. To view the hospital go to

Memfys Hospital

First established in 2002, the hospital has since delivered high quality patient care and has become renowned as a leader in the field of Neurosurgery throughout Nigeria and West Africa. Memfys Hospital also been a pioneer in Medical Imaging services More...

http://www.memfys.net/

. The doctor who we hope to have Rose see is :Professor Samuel C. Ohaegbulam, MD

M.B, B.Ch (Cairo), FRCS (Ed), FRCS (Eng), FWACS (W. Africa), FMCS (Nig), FICS

Samuel Ohaegbulam is Chief Neurosurgeon at Memfys Hospital. He graduated from Cairo University Medical School in 1967 with Honours, had his neurosurgical training in the United Kingdom including the famous Atkinson Hospital of St George’s Medical School, London. He had Microneurosurgery Training at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, USA and pioneered the neurosurgical service of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital. He joined the University of Nigeria as Lecturer 1 in 1974 and was promoted to full Professor in 1980. He was also Chief of Neurosurgery at the North West Armed Forces Hospital, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 2001.

He held many positions in the University of Nigeria including, Head of Anatomy, Associate Dean of Medicine, Dean of Medicine and Deputy Vice Chancellor and Head of Enugu Campus of UNN.

He is the author of Geographical Neurosurgery, the First On-Line Book of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons USA as well as numerous Chapters in Books, Scientific Journals and Conference Proceedings. He is the Pioneer President of the African Federation of Neurosurgical Societies from 2007.

He has extensive experience in surgery of tumours of the brain and spinal cord and Spinal Surgery including Spinal Instrumentation.

Picture below is of the Hospital