Table 1.

Potential Causes of Sub-Acute or Acute, Nontraumatic Paraplegia in Malawi

Condition	Specific Examples
Primary structure failure	Disc herniation Spondylolisthesis Hypertrophic degenerative spurring
Tumor	Schwannoma Meningioma
	Burktt's lymphoma
	Metastatic disease Neurofibroma
	Primary cord tumors
Autoimmune	Myelitis due to multiple sclerosis or other dernyelinating disorder
Vascular	Dural AV fistulas
Infectious	AVM's Tuberculosis (Pott's Disease)
	Spinal schistosomiasis
	Paraspmal abscess