Prenatal sonographic detection of a lipomeningocele as a sacral lesion

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 150-152

  Sharony, Reuven ^a   Aviram, Rami ^a   Tohar, Michael ^a   Regev, Rivka ^a   Cohen, Ilan ^a   Beyth, Yoram ^a   Tepper, Ron ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fetal spinal column; Lipomeningocele; Prenatal diagnosis; Spina bifida; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MENINGOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPOMA; MENINGOCELE; PREGNANCY; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TWINS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0034090848     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(200003/04)28:3<150::AID-JCU9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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