SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF TRAUMATIC SPINAL-CORD LESIONS IN THE NEWBORN-INFANT

Authors
FILIPPIGH P CLAPUYT P DEBAUCHE C CLAUS D
Citation
P. Filippigh et al., SONOGRAPHIC EVALUATION OF TRAUMATIC SPINAL-CORD LESIONS IN THE NEWBORN-INFANT, Pediatric radiology, 24(4), 1994, pp. 245-247
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging",Pediatrics
Journal title
Pediatric radiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03010449
Volume
24
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
245 - 247
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-0449(1994)24:4<245:SEOTSL>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We present a case of spinal cord injury due to birth trauma and assess the value of sonography for diagnosis, lesion characterization, and f ollow-up. Sonography is a non-invasive and easily reproducible imaging method for examining a ventilated child, and its initial sensitivity Is comparable to that of MRI. Sonography is the method of choice for g uiding diagnosis in this type of traumatic lesion to the newborn.