Congenital spine anomalies: the closed spinal dysraphisms.
The term congenital spinal anomalies encompasses a wide variety of dysmorphology that occurs during early development. Familiarity with current terminology and a practical, clinico-radiologic classification system allows the radiologist to have a more complete understanding of malformations of the spine and improves accuracy of diagnosis when these entities are encountered in practice.
Department of Radiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4399, USA, schwartzES@email.chop.edu.
Erin Simon
ES
Schwartz
Andrea
A
Rossi
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000473:pathology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000473:pathology*; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*