title: A prospective evaluation of idiopathic left thoracic scoliosis with magnetic resonance imaging.
abstract: Twenty-nine consecutive patients with idiopathic left thoracic scoliosis were prospectively studied using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). T1-weighted sagittal and axial images were obtained on all patients from the brainstem to the tip of the conus. Two patients (7%) had a syrinx on MRI. The remaining 27 patients had normal MRIs. The prevalence of brainstem and spinal cord anomalies was much less common than reported in previous retrospective reviews.
authors.affiliation: Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Mejia
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Hennrikus
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Schwend
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Emans
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology*