| dc.contributor.author | Nyabanda, Rose A | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-24T11:36:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-05-24T11:36:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1999-04 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Degree of Master of Medicine | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11295/25378 | |
| dc.description | A dissertation presented in part fulfilment
for the Degree of Master of Medicine of
the University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.description.abstract | A two year retrospective and prospective study was carried out at the Kenyatta
National Hospital to establish the pattern and type of retroperitoneal diseases as
shownby CT. 140 patients were studied.
The study group included 82 (58.6%) males and 58 (41.4%) females. The age
distribution was from 0-85 years and this followed a normal distribution curve.
The most frequent signs and symptoms was abdominal mass 72 (43.4%), followed
by pelvic mass 26 (15.6%) then abdominal pain 21 (12.7%). Most patients had a
combination of abdominal mass with other symptoms like abdominal pain,
jaundice, hypertension, haematuria and hypoglycaemia.
The commonest disease involved in the retroperitoneum were primary non specific
retroperitoneal diseases 39 (26.5%), followed by renal diseases 34 (23.2%), then
pancreatic diseases 29 (19.7%). Normal abdominal CT scans was found in 20
(13.6%)of patients. | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
| dc.title | The role of CT scan in the evaluation of retroperitoneal diseases prospective and retrospective study done at Kenyatta National Hospital | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| dc.description.department | a
Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi, ; bDepartment of Mental Health, School of Medicine,
Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya | |
| local.publisher | School of Medicine | en |
