| Sacral agenesis: usefulness of CT study. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 6674426 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
The authors report on a case of sacral agenesis evaluated by Computed Tomography (CT) of the spine. Sacral agenesis is an exceedingly rare, nongenetic, developmental anomaly which consists in an absence of the entire sacrococcygeal complex. Although maternal diabetes appears to be the most important etiologic factor, the significant teratogenetic effects related to maternal diabetes are not yet completely understood. Only few cases have been reported in neurological and neurosurgical literature because most authors believe that the neurological deficits associated with sacral agenesis are static and, therefore, myelography and surgical approach are useless. However, sacral agenesis can be surgically treated when dural sac stenosis is evident in presence of progressive neurological deficits. The usefulness of CT in depicting nervous anomalies which may favorably respond to surgical treatment is emphasized, in particular when compared with contrast myelography. CT scan seems able to replace contrast myelography in delineating the intraspinal nervous anomalies, thus avoiding the myelographic risks. |
| | |
Authors:
|
M Cerisoli; P Davidovits; M Giulioni |
Related Documents
:
|
18947016 - Hydranencephaly associated with interruption of bilateral internal carotid arteries. 10913736 - Congenital cytomegalovirus infection: a retrospective diagnosis in a child with pachygy... 8081626 - The developing cerebral surface. preliminary report on the patterns of sulcal and gyral... 22157046 - Hypertrophic cranial pachymeningitis with igg4-positive plasma cells detected by c-11 m... 11342996 - Carotid plaque echogenicity and types of silent ct-brain infarcts. is there an associat... 20459486 - Accuracy of conventional radiography and computed tomography in predicting implant posi... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Journal of neurosurgical sciences Volume: 27 ISSN: 0390-5616 ISO Abbreviation: J Neurosurg Sci Publication Date: 1983 Oct-Dec |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 1984-06-08 Completed Date: 1984-06-08 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0432557 Medline TA: J Neurosurg Sci Country: ITALY |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 261-4 Citation Subset: IM |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
Congenital Abnormalities
/
etiology Female Humans Infant Myelography Pregnancy Pregnancy in Diabetics Sacrum / abnormalities* Spine / radiography Tomography, X-Ray Computed* |
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Coincidence of uremic and hypertensive encephalopathy with chronic subdural hematoma under hemodialy...
Next Document: Natural killer cell activity during murine Schistosomiasis mansoni.