Role of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Evaluation of Non-Traumatic Spinal Lesions in Children

Abstract

Background: A wide range of disorders, including those with inflammatory, viral, neoplastic, vascular, metabolic, and traumatic origins, can affect the spinal cord. Spinal cord lesions may often be distinguished between neoplastic and nonneoplastic using MRI.Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the relevance of MRI in the diagnosis of children non-traumatic spinal lesions. Patient and Method: A cross-sectional analytic study was conducted on 50 of either child presented with non-traumatic spinal lesions to be evaluated at our Radiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University by Magnetic Resonance Imaging during a period time from January to December 2022. All patients included in the current study were diagnosed based on clinical examination, and other main imaging modalities. Results: The most common MR diagnosis was myelomeningocele (18%) then meningitis (12%) followed by focal kyphus deformity, Guillain Barre syndrome, intramedullary abscess, and astrocytoma (10%), osteoblastoma, lipoma and diastematomyelia (8%) and Tethered cord (6%). Conclusion: MRI is the best way in evaluation of non-traumatic spinal lesions in children.