Vertebral body widths and heights in normal infants and in those with myelomeningocele.
Measurements were made of vertebral body widths and heights from post-mortem radiographs of 20 newborn children with myelomeningocele and 10 "normal" children. The only statistically significant difference was reduction of vertebral body widths at T11 in infants with myelomeningocele. There was no evidence of shortening of the lumbosacral region as proposed by previous workers.
D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology*