Spinal Dysraphism; Frequency of Rare Cases of Spinal Dysmorphism in View of Mri Findings

Spinal Dysraphism: A Three Year Experience at Armed Forces Institute of Radiology and Imaging

“…Similar findings were reported by others. 19 In our study, 14 patients with previous surgery had presented with progressive neurological deficits. They had been referred to our center for reevaluation of dysraphic spinal lesions and associated pathology before being subjected to a re-surgery.Therefore, it is logical to assume that a thorough screening of the entire neuroaxis before definitive surgery is crucial to adequate management of such cases.…”

“…Tethered cord was the most common congenital spinal lesion according to our results followed byspina bifida, and diastematomyelia. Ramacharya and coworkers, 7 reported the occurrence of tethered cord to be 68.18%, Kumar and colleagues, 13 noted it to be 65% and while Ujala and associates, 14 found it to be 75%.…”

“…Our demographic analysis also showed a female preponderance for most anomalies except for cases of meningocele and dorsal dermal sinus. A higher proportion of patients with meningocele and dorsal dermal sinus had a male gender.Most cases of congenital spinal malformations present early in life either with a neurocutaneous stigmata or with a neurological deficit, 13,14 as shown in a study by Huang et al in which majority of the cases presented under 6 years. 12 Another study by Kumar et al reported mean age in their study as 5.7 years.…”