Challenges to Youth Ministry in Australia: The Case of the African Migrant Parishioners.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ransford K. Awuku-Gyampoh
Keyword(s):  
Youth Ministry ◽  
African Migrant

scholarly journals Large multicystic spinal lesion in a young African migrant: a problem of differential diagnosis

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e242690
Author(s):  
Tamara Ursini ◽  
Paola Rodari ◽  
Geraldo Badona Monteiro ◽  
Valeria Barresi ◽  
Carmelo Cicciò ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Cystic Echinococcosis ◽  
Bone Cyst ◽  
Spinal Tuberculosis ◽  
Final Diagnosis ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Migration Flow ◽  
Spinal Lesion ◽  
African Migrant ◽  
Expansive Lesion

We describe a rare case of large, fully cystic spinal schwannoma in a young adult from The Gambia. The initial clinical suspicion was spinal cystic echinococcosis. He came to our attention reporting progressive walking impairment and neurological symptoms in the lower limbs. An expansive lesion extending from L2 to S1 was shown by imaging (ie, CT scan and MRI). Differential diagnoses included aneurysmal bone cyst and spinal tuberculosis and abscess; the initial suggested diagnosis of spinal cystic echinococcosis was discarded based on contrast enhancement results. The final diagnosis of cystic schwannoma was obtained by histopathology of the excised mass. Cystic spinal lesions are rare and their differential diagnosis is challenging. Awareness of autochthonous and tropical infectious diseases is important, especially in countries experiencing consistent migration flow; however, it must be kept in mind that migrants may also present with ‘non-tropical’ pathologies.

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