Sonography of intracranial air in a newborn with meningomyelocele.
A newborn with an open meningomyelocele and intracranial air is described. Transfontanellar sonography allows initial detection of the unusual and previously undocumented finding of intracranial air associated with spinal dysraphism.
Kao
S C
SC
Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
Brown
B P
BP
Goedken
J
J
D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography