Items tagged “spinal dysraphisms”
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Case
Dorsal dermal sinus and diastematomyelia
Published
10 Nov 2009
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CT
Article
Lipomyelocele
Lipomyelocele, also known as lipomyeloschisis, is one of the most common closed spinal dysraphism. It is seen in the thoracolumbar region and usually presents as a fatty subcutaneous mass.
It is twice as common as lipomyelomeningocele.
Clinical presentation
Affected individuals are usually as...
Case
Lipomyelocele
Published
06 Sep 2015
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MRI
Case
Lipomyelocele with tethered cord
Published
01 Oct 2015
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MRI
Case
Tethered cord
Published
16 May 2016
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MRI
Case
Tethered cord
Published
13 Oct 2017
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MRI
Case
Upper thoracic spinal dysraphism
Published
07 Sep 2018
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MRI
Article
Placode
Placode (or neural placode) refers in terms of radiology to a segment of non-neurulated neural tissue, which has had development frozen in the neural plate stage. A placode can be found in all open spinal dysraphisms and in some closed spinal dysraphisms. In the former, the placode is exposed to...
Article
Anterior meningocele
Anterior meningocele is characterized by herniation of CSF-filled sac through an anterior osseous defect.
It usually occurs in the sacral region where it is termed an anterior sacral meningocele although it can also occur in other areas like the thorax 2.
When present in the sacrum, it is oft...
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