Radionuclide Evaluation of Brain, Liver and Thyroid Disorders in Ghana

Abstract

During recent years there has been rapid progress in the study of brain, liver and thyroid with radioisotopes. The contributions are quite significant and in Ghana the number of complaints on these organs' disorders are found to be on the increase. This paper reports data obtained on these diseases and analysis on them to indicate the extent of their incidence in Ghana.

Two methods were employed to obtain the results: a qualitative scintigraphic study of the organs and a radioimmunoassay investigation in the case of the thyroid gland. The results of a group of 613 patients obtained from 1st December 1989 to 30th July 1990 have been analysed. Of these, 23 reported with liver disorders of which cirrhosis was the main disorder, 275 of the patients reported with brain disorders with Vascular lesion and meningitis being the main disorders. 315 of the patients reported with thyroid disorders with goiters being the main disorder.