Mahfoozur Rehman, Abid Ali Qureshi.
MRI: The imaging of choice in Spinal Dysraphism.
Pak Postgrad Med J Jan ;12(4):149-50.

The study was conducted at the Radiology Department of the Children`s Hospital and the Institute of Child Health, Lahore. Patients were referred generally from neurology, neurosurgical and general surgery departments of the Children`s Hospital who presented with various neurological problems and various skin stigmata. 25 patients were collected over a period of one year, 13 were females and 12 males. The youngest was one month old and the eldest was 16 years old with the average age of 6 years. Majority of the children were under six years of age. Spina bifida was found in all 25 (100%). 13 (52%) patients had diastematomyelia, with 08 (32%) having associated intraspinal lipomata while hydromyelia was noted in 07 (28%) patients. Moreover, in the majority of patients, dysraphism was at the lower lumbar and upper sacral region. Details of the deformities and their relative prevalence in this study are discussed and literature is reviewed.

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