Digital techniques are becoming well established as costeffective for vascular imaging in neuroradiology [1, 2]. Pediatric application of this technology is also under development [3]. Futhermore, there has been increasing use of more efficient, less invasive methods of evaluating pediatric spine problems through newer-generation computed tomography (CT), including scanned-projection radiograph...

A broad spectrum of spinal pathologies can affect the pediatric population. Ultrasound (US) is primary modality for spine assessment due to its widespread availability, non-requirement sedation, and absence ionizing radiation. Supplementing this, MRI offers an in-depth exploration these conditions, aiding in preoperative strategizing. In this review, we examine clinical indications, methodologi...

Congenital dermal sinuses are a rare entity of spinal dysraphism. Most patients have cutaneous markers of their presence, including nevus or port wine stains, dimple, hypertrichosis and subcutaneous lipoma. Inclusion tumors, such as dermoid tumor, are associated to dermal sinus tract; they are congenital, benign and slow-growing lesions of midline. Their clinical relevance is due to the possibi...

A 23-year-old man presented with progressive difficulty walking since childhood. Examination showed pes cavus, hammer toes, and peroneal atrophy (Figure 1). Electroneuromyography revealed chronic denervation with an axonal pattern, and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease was suspected. Urinary retention had started 3 years previously. Spinal cord magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a lipomeningomye...

Neurenteric cysts are rare congenital spinal masses that result from the dysgenesis of the endoderm tissue during development. We report a 4-year-old girl who presented with an insidious onset of lower limb paraparesis. An MRI scan revealed a cervicothoracic intradural extramedullary neurenteric cyst at the thoracic T1/T2 level, with marked spinal cord compression. No associated spinal dysraphi...

spinal dysraphism that is attributed to incomplete neural tube closure during fetal development. Dermal sinus tracts are found along the midline neuroaxis from the nasion to the coccyx, but they most commonly appear in the lumbar region.1 Dermal sinus tracts are more commonly associated with other developmental abnormalities such as skin tags, naevi, spinal dermoid cysts, meningocoele, lipomas ...

Background Intramedullary, nondysraphic, spinal cord lipomas are rare and account for less than 1% of all spinal cord lesions. Symptoms typically consist of a progressive myelopathy associated with increasing degrees of paralysis (e.g., quadriparesis/plegia, paraparesis/plegia). Case Description A 39-year-old male, without a history of spinal dysraphism, presented with a progressive spastic q...