Image characteristics of retained medullary cord in secondary neurulation arrest: an observational study
Seul Bi Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Yeon Jin Cho, Young Hun Choi, Jung-Eun Cheon, Kyung Hyun Kim, Ji Yeoun Lee · 2024
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Description
Seul Bi Lee and co-authors report a 2024 scan study of a rare spinal cord condition in infants called retained medullary cord. In this condition, a cord-like strand that should shrink away before birth stays in place. Few past reports describe what it looks like on scans, so the authors set out to map its image features.
The team reviewed spinal MRI scans from 38 young patients whose condition was confirmed at surgery. All showed a very low lying cord, shaped either as a smooth taper or with a cyst-like bulge at its lower end. Most also showed a fatty mass inside the spine and faint nerve-like strands with odd signal. The authors say these signs can help doctors tell this condition apart from similar ones.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Seul Bi Lee, Seunghyun Lee, Yeon Jin Cho, Young Hun Choi, Jung-Eun Cheon, Kyung Hyun Kim, Ji Yeoun Lee |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 25 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |