Spina bifida occulta: Lesion or anomaly?

Boone, David L.; Parsons, David; Lachmann, Sylvia; Sherwood, Thomas

doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(85)80100-8

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“…70 The bifid spinous process at L-5 or S-1, occurring in 30% of the normal population of children aged 1 to 10 years, itself is not a pathological problem. 4 …”

Section: Vertebral Anomaliesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Common forms of spina bifida occulta include the lipomyelomeningocele and diastematomyelia. The same term, spina bifida occulta, when it refers to a benign bone cleft in the L-5 or S-1 spinous process that occurs in approximately 17% of the total population and 30% of normal individuals aged 1 to 10 years, 4,40 does not imply an association with a tethered spinal cord or TCS. the upper cervical region and then extends caudally and cephalically.…”

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Tethered cord syndrome and occult spinal dysraphism

Warder

2001

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“…70 The bifid spinous process at L-5 or S-1, occurring in 30% of the normal population of children aged 1 to 10 years, itself is not a pathological problem. 4 …”

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Tethered cord syndrome and occult spinal dysraphism

Warder

2001

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“…It is a disorder of spinal development in childhood that will, as it does not improve spontaneously, after posterior element maturation, will persist into adult life. The most common vertebral sites involved are either S1 alone, or S1 and S2 together (2,3). SBO is asymptomatic in the vast majority of patients (2,3).…”

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“…The most common vertebral sites involved are either S1 alone, or S1 and S2 together (2,3). SBO is asymptomatic in the vast majority of patients (2,3). SBO has recently been linked with voiding problems including nocturnal enuresis.…”

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Ultrasonographic clues for diagnosis of spina bifida occulta in children

Çakmakçı¹,

Çınar²,

Üner³

et al. 2016

Quant. Imaging Med. Surg.

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Background:The aim of the current study was to find out if spinal ultrasonography might have a predictive potential for detection of spina bifida occulta (SBO) in pediatric nocturnal enuresis patients.Methods: A total of 108 children (58 females, 50 males) with a mean age of 8 (range, 6-15) years diagnosed for nocturnal enuresis in our tertiary care center were included in this cross-sectional analysis. Half of the cases (n=54, 50%) were found to have SBO, while the other half did not have SBO. After obtaining radiographs and computed tomography examinations of L5-S1 vertebra, patients were examined by spinal ultrasound regarding radiologic clues which may aid in the detection of SBO.Results: The clues of "single and double echogeneous cap signs and the V-shaped tip of spine" were found useful for diagnosing SBO at levels of L5 and S1 in pediatric patients suspected for SBO. Receiver operating curve (ROC) curve analysis of CT and ultrasonographic clues for diagnosis of SBO on S1 level revealed that these clues yielded a comparable diagnostic accuracy to CT. Areas under curve for CT and studied ultrasonographic clues were are 0.667±0.053 and 0.907±0.032 (P<0.001) respectively.Conclusions: Ultrasonography seems to be a useful and practical diagnostic tool for diagnosing spina bifida. However, to implement our ultrasonographic criteria in routine radiological practice, further studies in larger series are warranted.

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“…Although different terminologies are used, commonly accepted categories are open spina bifida (nervous tissue or meninges exposed to the enviroment) and closed spina bifida (skin-closed dysraphism) [1] . The prognosis is poorer in cases with open spina bifida than those with closed spina bifida and many patients with closed spina bifida are asymptomatic [2][3][4] . So diagnosis of open spina bifida is essential especially for the future management of this entity.…”

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Intracranial translucency as a sonographic marker of open spina bifida at first trimester

Kara¹

2014

IJDI

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Spina bifida is the one of the most common severe congenital abnormality of the central nervous system. Scalloping of the frontal bones called "the lemon sign" and caudal displacement of the cerebellum called "the banana sign" are known as cranial signs of open spina bifida on ultrasonography at the second trimester. Although these signs are useful methods in diagnosing of open spina bifida in the second trimester, detection rates of open spina bifida by using these signs in the first trimester are low. Intracranial translucency is a new sonographic landmark that may be valuable for the early detection of open spina bifida in the first trimester.In this study using of intracranial translucency as a sonographic marker of open spina bifida at first trimester is discussed with the light of recent literature.

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Spina bifida occulta: Lesion or anomaly?

Cited by 76 publications

References 6 publications

Tethered cord syndrome and occult spinal dysraphism

Tethered cord syndrome and occult spinal dysraphism

Ultrasonographic clues for diagnosis of spina bifida occulta in children

Intracranial translucency as a sonographic marker of open spina bifida at first trimester

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