title: Myelography in the evaluation of paravertebral mass lesions in infants and children.
abstract: The clinical, pathological, and radiological features in 21 pediatric patients with intraspinal extension may be present in the absence of either neurological symptoms or bony abnormalities. It is essential that myelography be performed prior to thoractomy or laparotomy in such cases.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology