Publications by authors named "Abdulkadir Farah"
Article Synopsis
- - A 32-year-old male experienced progressive lower limb weakness and spastic paraparesis due to an intramedullary arachnoid cyst (IMAC), prompting a case report and a review of related literature involving 26 patients from 23 articles.
- - IMACs generally occur in two age groups: under 10 years and over 30 years, but should still be considered in the differential diagnosis of intramedullary cystic lesions, even if rare.
- - The authors recommend early surgical intervention for symptomatic IMACs, emphasizing the importance of resecting the cyst wall and suggesting laminoplasty for younger patients to prevent long-term deformities; they call for further long-term studies to refine treatment
Aim: To investigate associations between ethnicity, age and sex and the risk, colon distribution and density scores of diverticular disease (DD).
Methods: Barium enemas were examined in 1000 patients: 410 male, 590 female; 760 whites, 62 Asians, 44 black africans (BAs), and 134 other blacks (OBs). Risks and diverticula density of left-sided DD (LSDD) and right-sided-component DD (RSCDD = right-sided DD + right and left DD + Pan-DD) were compared using logistic regression.