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To review the clinical features and current understanding of spina bifida with an emphasis on the Indian Scenario. Selected articles and current English language texts were reviewed. The authors experience was also reviewed and analysed. Spina bifida is a common congenital anomaly encompassing a wide spectrum of neural tube defects.It is broadly ...
Raju Sharma, Ankur Gadodia
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Objective: To modify the current neural tube defect (NTD) classification for fetal medicine specialists, and to investigate the impact of prenatal ultrasound conus medullaris position screening on the detection rate of closed spinal dysraphism and ...
Yu-Sin Huang +5 more
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Role of ultrasonography in screening of spinal dysraphism in infants at risk
Background Spinal dysraphism (SD) encompasses congenital spinal defects that result from inappropriate fusion of the different midline osseous, mesenchymal, and neural elements.
Nada Ahmed Hussein +3 more
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A rare case of thoracic lipomyelomeningocele in a young female: A case report
Thoracic lipomyelomeningocele is a rare type of congenital occult spinal dysraphism. It is characterized by lipomatous tissue connected to the dorsal spinal cord that protrudes through a spinal defect together with the meninges or spinal cord to form a ...
Suraj Sharma, MD +2 more
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Paediatric Spinal Dysraphism with Comparative Usefulness of Various Magnetic Resonance Sequences [PDF]
Introduction: Spinal dysraphism occurs due to failure of fusion of parts along dorsal aspect of midline structures lying along spinal axis from skin to vertebrae and spinal cord. Congenital spinal anomalies may be minimal and asymptomatic like spinal
Deepakkumar Vinodray Mehta
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Prenatal assessment and pregnancy outcomes of foetal low-lying conus medullaris using 3D ultrasound
Objectives This study aims to follow up on low-lying conus medullaris (CM) cases and explore the correlation between the CM location and the final prognosis.
Baihua Jing, Huijing Zhang, Yu Sun
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Human tail with occult spinal dysraphism and dermal sinus in children
Human tails or caudal appendages are rare anomalies defined as lumbo-sacrococcygeal skin-covered appendages. They can be classified as true tails (vestigial structures containing normal tissues and not associated with other anomalies) or pseudo-tails ...
Sarah Crestian Cunha +5 more
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Human tails are extremely infrequent and are generally diagnosed after birth, with no antenatal or family history associated with its occurrence.
Josue Rueda +7 more
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Magnetic resonance imaging in the prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To assess the role of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects (NTDs). BACKGROUND: NTDs comprise a heterogeneous group of congenital anomalies that derive from the failure of the neural tube to close ...
A. Zugazaga Cortazar +4 more
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