Ultrasonography (US) of the spinal cord is performed in newborns with signs of spinal disease (cutaneous lesions of the back, deformities of the spinal column, neurologic disturbances, suspected spinal cord injury due to traumatic birth, and syndromes with associated spinal cord compression). The examination is performed with high-frequency linear- and curved-array transducers in the sagittal and axial planes from the craniocervical junction to the sacrum. Normal variants such as transient dilatation of the central canal and ventriculus terminalis can be demonstrated with US. US allows detection of congenital malformations, such as myelocele or myelomeningocele, spinal lipoma, dorsal dermal sinus, tight filum terminale syndrome, diastematomyelia, terminal myelocystocele, lateral meningocele, caudal regression syndrome, and hydromyelia or syringomyelia. Acquired intraspinal diseases following birth trauma and transient alterations after lumbar puncture can also be detected with US. US can demonstrate the entire spectrum of intraspinal anatomy and pathologic conditions with high geometric resolution. Therefore, US should be considered the initial imaging modality of choice for investigating the spinal cord in newborns.
OBJECTIVE. Clinical signs of acute erythematous swelling of the periorbital region may be related either to benign superficial inflammation or to the more severe and potentially life-threatening condition of orbital infection. CONCLUSION. We recommend orbital sonography in every child with periorbital swelling and erythema. In contrast to superficial infection in which edematous swelling of the eyelid can be documented without lesions of the orbital content, either a hyper- or a hypo-echoic mass displacing the medial rectus muscle laterally is highly suggestive of orbital infection. Introducing sonography into early diagnostic interventions in pediatric patients avoids delaying appropriate treatment and allows disease monitoring on a daily basis.
MCDK is key to the early diagnosis of UDWOH and will facilitate the provision of appropriate treatment. The neonatal period provides a unique opportunity for detecting uterine anomalies by sonography. An MCDK usually involutes and eventually mimics renal agenesis later in life.
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