463-06-011 MRI in Clinical Practice Abstract

MRI in Diagnosing Lumbar Spine Chordoma: Insights from a Low-Resource Environment

Primary: Musculoskeletal - Other Musculoskeletal

Secondary: Musculoskeletal - Bone

463-06-011 · Image Analysis for Cancer · Tuesday, 12 May, 4:55 PM–5:50 PM · Digital Posters Row D

Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Low-Resource Settings Spinal Chordoma Limited histopathology Malawi

Accepted

Chikumbutso Khomba ¹, Osward Bwanga², Lloyd Likato³

¹Affidea Diagnostic, Dublin, Ireland

²Midland University Hospital Tullamore, Radiology Department, Co. Offaly, Ireland

³Radiology, Lilongwe Institute of Orthopaedics and Neurosurgery, Lilongwe, Malawi

Presenting Author: Chikumbutso Khomba

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