The simple sacral dimple: diagnostic yield of ultrasound in neonates

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 211-216

  Kucera, Jennifer N ^a,b,c   Coley, Ian ^d   O’Hara, Sara ^a   Kosnik, Edward J ^d,e   Coley, Brian D ^a,d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS ALL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Nationwide Children’s Hospital ^*  (United States)

^d NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Neonate; Occult spinal dysraphism; Sacral dimple; Simple dimple; Tethered cord; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BACK; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; OHIO; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 84940286673     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-014-3110-1     Document Type: Article

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