title: Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal dysraphism.
abstract: MR imaging has become the definitive diagnostic procedure for the evaluation of suspected spinal dysrhaphic processes. Techniques for spinal MR imaging are discussed and MR findings in patients with surgically verified dysrhaphic spinal lesions are reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Pittsburgh NMR Institute, Pennsylvania.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Brunberg
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Latchaw
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kanal
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Burk
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Albright
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000175:diagnosis; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000175:diagnosis