Progressive noninfectious anterior vertebral fusion: MRI findings and association with a lipoma of the filum terminale in a 5-year-old girl.
Progressive noninfectious anterior vertebral fusion (PNAF) is a rare but well-defined entity of unknown cause. We report the MRI findings in a 5-year-old in whom PNAF was associated with a lipoma of the filum terminale.
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Départment d'Imagerie Médicale, Hôpital Ste-Justine, Montréal, P.Q., Canada.
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D002420:Cauda Equina; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007403:Intervertebral Disc / Q000473:pathology; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology