Magnetic resonance imaging of the pediatric spinal cord and canal.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-1986

Abstract

Of 105 pediatric patients studied on a 1.5 tesla MR unit for clinical suspicion of spinal disease 69.5 per cent of studies were positive. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was successfully performed on all patients, from newborn up. MRI replaced invasive studies such as myelography and intrathecally enhanced computed tomography (CT) in all disease categories except for subarachnoid drop metastasis, spinal arteriovenous malformation and arachnoiditis. Conventional CT and radiography of the spine were complementary in disease processes where bony detail was important.

Volume

369

First Page

649

Last Page

650

ISSN

0365-5954

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences | Pediatrics

PubMedID

2980584

Department(s)

Department of Pediatrics

Document Type

Article

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