Browsing by Author "Tongo, O. O."

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    Cranial magnetic resonance imaging findings in kwashiorkor
    (2010) Atalabi, O. M; Lagunju, I. A.; Tongo, O. O.; Adeyinka, O. O.
    Protein energy malnutrition (PEM) is an important public health problem in the developing countries, although it is becoming uncommon in South West Nigeria. Cerebral changes have been associated with severe PEM. This is study evaluated the neurological changed using Magnetic Reonance Imaging (MRI) in Ibadan south west Nigeria. The 5 children evaluated had a median age of 16 months and all the children had brain changes compatible with cerebral atrophy. In addition two of the children had periventricular white matter changes, while one of these two had mega cisterna magna in addition. Though this study did not re-evalute the brains of these childrenafter nutritional rehabilitation, it is possible that changes are reversible as demostrated in earleir studies.
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    Intrauterine fetal death of one of twins, coexisting with hydranencephaly in the surviving co-twin: a case report
    (West African College of Physicians and the West African College of Surgeons., 2006) Olowu, J. A.; Lagunju, I. A.; Tongo, O. O.; Atalabi, M. A.
    Hydraenencephaly, a relatively rare malformation of the brain, is characterised by absence of the cerebral hemispheres and their replacement by sacs filled with cerebrospinal fluid. It is one of the recognized forms of intracranial malformations associated with intrauterine fetal demise of one of twins in monochrionic twin gestation. This report illustrates the development of hydranencephaly in a surviving twin sequel to intrauterine fetal demise of the cotwin.