Sonographic duplication artifact of the spinal cord in infants and children.
Publication/Presentation Date
6-1-2004
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To describe the features of sonographic duplication artifacts that we have occasionally seen when imaging the spinal cord of infants and children, mostly with postrepair myelomeningocele.
METHODS: Sonography of the spine was performed for the evaluation of neonates with suspected spinal cord abnormalities and of older children in the follow-up of postrepair open-spine defects.
RESULTS: Each of our patients had a single spinal cord, but the duplication artifact was seen with 2 brands of scanners and with both linear array and vector array transducers.
CONCLUSIONS: The finding of duplication artifacts when imaging the spinal cord of infants and children should be recognized as such and should not be misinterpreted as representing diastematomyelia or diplomyelia.
Volume
23
Issue
6
First Page
799
Last Page
803
ISSN
0278-4297
Published In/Presented At
Austin, M. J., Gerscovich, E. O., Fogata, M., Gillen, M. A., & Bijan, B. (2004). Sonographic duplication artifact of the spinal cord in infants and children. Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, 23(6), 799–803. https://doi.org/10.7863/jum.2004.23.6.799
Disciplines
Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology
PubMedID
15244304
Department(s)
Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging
Document Type
Article