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Spina bifida occulta
Spina bifida occulta is the mildest form of spina bifida/spinal dysraphism and is a type of neural tube defect.
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While typically referring to asymptomatic posterior fusion defects, some authors 5 use it as a broad term that encompasses closed spinal defects such as:
diastematomyel...
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Spina bifida occulta
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Hip dislocation and spina bifida
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21 Mar 2018
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Spina bifida occulta
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Total sacral spina bifida occulta
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09 Mar 2020
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Spina bifida: cervical spine
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26 Aug 2015
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Spina bifida
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18 Jun 2016
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Spina bifida occulta
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07 Nov 2018
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Spina bifida occulta - cervical spine
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20 Sep 2019
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Spina bifida occulta
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Spina bifida occulta
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Spina bifida occulta
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Rachischisis totalis
Rachischisis totalis, also known as complete spina bifida, refers to a severe form of spina bifida where there is a cleft through the entire spine.
Pathology
There is often a severe or complete defect of the neural tube involving the entire spine from the cervical region through to the sacrum....
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Clasp-knife deformity
Clasp-knife deformity is relatively common congenital anomaly found at the lumbosacral junction.
Terminology
When a clasp-knife deformity is accompanied by pain on extension secondary to protrusion of the enlarged spinous process (knife blade) into the sacral spinal canal, it is called clasp-k...
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Posterior vertebral fusion anomalies
Posterior vertebral fusion anomalies are relatively common and should not be mistaken for fractures. They are thought to be both developmental and pathological (e.g. spondylolysis) but are typically asymptomatic and incidental, and considered as anatomical variants. There are six types of poster...
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Charcot joint
Charcot joint, also known as a neuropathic joint or Charcot (neuro/osteo)arthropathy, refers to a progressive degenerative/destructive joint disorder in patients with abnormal pain sensation and proprioception.
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In modern Western societies by far the most common cause of Charcot jo...
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Charcot joint causes (mnemonic)
The causes of a Charcot joint can be remembered, using a mnemonic - with a little poetic license - as they (all) start with the letter S.
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s: sugar (diabetes)
s: syphilis
s: steroid use
s: syringomyelia
s: spinal cord injury
s: spina bifida
s: scleroderma
s: scaly disease (lepro...
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Unfused spinous process
Unfused spinous process, which is really failure of fusion of the neural arch, is a relatively common anatomical variant and is part of the spectrum of spina bifida occulta.
This should be differentiated from accessory ossicles of the spinous process, which appear after non-fusion of the secon...
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Congenital talipes equinovarus
Congenital talipes equinovarus is considered the most common anomaly affecting the feet diagnosed on antenatal ultrasound.
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While some use talipes equinovarus and clubfoot synonymously, in certain publications, the term clubfoot is considered a more general descriptive term that des...
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Aicardi syndrome
Aicardi syndrome is a rare severe developmental disorder. It results from an X-linked genetic defect that is fatal in males and therefore only manifests in females (except for rare 47, XXY cases).
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Aicardi syndrome is distinct from Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome although both are named ...
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