title: Sonography of intracranial air in a newborn with meningomyelocele.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goedken
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D014463:Ultrasonography