title: The value of MRI in a patient with occult spinal dysraphism.
abstract: We describe an infant girl who was referred to us because of a lumbosacral swelling. She was also found to have two nonblanching, erythematous macules, one at the cervical level and one at the lumbosacral level. Occult spinal dysraphism was demonstrated by magnetic resonance imaging.
authors.affiliation: St. John's Institute of Dermatology, London, United Kingdom. gayathri.perera@gstt.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Gayathri K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Perera
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Atherton
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004890:Erythema / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000175:diagnosis*