Diastematomyelia in 172 children: the impact of modern neuroradiology.
The increasing sophistication of neuroradiology has significantly and progressively improved the diagnosis of diastematomyelia in 172 children presenting at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, over a 40-year period. Standard radiography, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are all necessary to accurately assess all the facets of this most interesting of spinal cord anomalies.
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Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ont., Canada.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009192:Myelography; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed