Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the evaluation of spinal cord injured children and adolescents

Correct diagnosis of spinal cord disease in childhood is often delayed, resulting in irreversible neurologic deficits. A major reason for this delay is the lack of a reliable means to noninvasively visualize the spinal cord. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) should be useful in the evaluation of diseases of the spinal cord. A 1.5 Tesla MRI unit with a surface coil was used to study 41 children, including eight patients with intrinsic spinal cord lesions, eight patients with masses compressing the cord, 12 patients with congenital anomalies of the cord or surrounding bony structures, three patients with syrinxes, and three patients with vertebral body abnormalities. Intrinsic lesions of the cord were well seen in all cases as intrinsic irregularly widened, abnormally intense cord regions. MRI was helpful in following the course of disease in patients with primary spinal cord tumors. Areas of tumor were separable from syrinx cavities. Extrinsic lesions compressing the cord and vertebral body disease were also well visualized. Congenital anomalies of the spinal cord, including tethering and lipomatous tissue, were better seen on MRI than by any other radiographic technique. MRI is an excellent noninvasive "screening" technique for children with suspected spinal cord disease and may be the only study needed in many patients with congenital spinal cord anomalies. It is also an excellent means to diagnose and follow patients with other forms of intra- and extraspinal pathology.

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Magnetic resonance imaging studies on autism and childhood-onset schizophrenia in children and adolescents – a review

Acta Neuropsychiatrica ◽

10.1034/j.1601-5215.2003.00021.x ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 15 (3) ◽

pp. 140-147

Author(s):

Bertine Lahuis ◽

Chantal Kemner ◽

Herman Van Engeland

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Children And Adolescents ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Childhood Onset ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Medline Search ◽

Childhood Onset Schizophrenia ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽

Study Designs

Objective:To find out whether the neurodevelopmental disorders autism and childhood-onset schizophrenia have a common developmental pathway and whether the abnormalities detected are ‘disorder-specific’, by reviewing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies.Methods:As a result of a Medline search, we were able to access 28 studies on autism and 12 studies on childhood-onset schizophrenia, which focused on children and adolescents.Results:Larger lateral ventricles were found to be a common abnormality in both disorders. ‘Disorder-specific’ abnormalities in patients with autism were larger brains, a larger thalamic area, and a smaller right cingulate gyrus. Subjects with childhood-onset schizophrenia were found to have smaller brains, a smaller amygdalum and thalamus, and a larger nucleus caudatus. In subjects with childhood-onset schizophrenia, abnormalities appeared to progress over a limited period of time.Conclusions:Because the study designs varied so much, the results should be interpreted cautiously. Before abnormalities found in the disorders can be designated as equal or ‘disorder-specific’, it will be essential to perform large longitudinal and cross-sectional follow-up studies.

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Advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques of the spine and spinal cord in children and adults

Insights into Imaging ◽

10.1007/s13244-018-0626-1 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (4) ◽

pp. 549-557 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

M. I. Vargas ◽

B. M. A. Delattre ◽

J. Boto ◽

J. Gariani ◽

A. Dhouib ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

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Current advances in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in spinal cord trauma: review article

Spinal Cord ◽

10.1038/sc.1992.74 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 30 (5) ◽

pp. 305-316 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

M Perovitch ◽

S Perl ◽

H Wang

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Review Article ◽

Spinal Cord Trauma ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging ( MRI ) Spinal Cord and Canal Measurements in Normal Dogs

Anatomia Histologia Embryologia ◽

10.1111/ahe.12045 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 36-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

S. Hecht ◽

M. M. Huerta ◽

R. B. Reed

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

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A comparison of magnetic resonance imaging sequences in evaluating pathological changes in the canine spinal cord

Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences ◽

10.2478/v10181-011-0072-1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 481-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Z. Adamiak ◽

A. Pomianowski ◽

Y. Zhalniarovich ◽

M. Kwiatkowska ◽

M. Jaskólska ◽

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Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Spin Echo ◽

Fast Spin Echo ◽

Spinal Diseases ◽

Pathological Changes ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Scanning Time ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

A comparison of magnetic resonance imaging sequences in evaluating pathological changes in the canine spinal cord This paper discusses 28 canine patients subjected to low-field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the spinal cord for neurological indications. The authors describe and compare the used MRI sequences with an indication of the most effective sequences in MRI examinations that require short scanning time. The most effective sequences supporting a quick diagnosis of spinal diseases in dogs were SE (spin echo), FSE (fast spin echo) and 3D HYCE (hybrid contrast enhancement).

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MRI features in the non-traumatic spinal cord injury patients presenting at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra

Ghana Medical Journal ◽

10.4314/gmj.v52i3.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 52 (3) ◽

pp. 127-132

Author(s):

Hafisatu Gbadamosi ◽

Yaw B. Mensah ◽

Samuel Asiamah

Keyword(s):

Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽

Spinal Cord ◽

Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Magnetic Resonance ◽

Spinal Metastases ◽

Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury ◽

Resonance Imaging ◽

Mri Features ◽

Cord Injury ◽

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

Background: Neurological limb deficit due to non-traumatic myelopathy is a disabling and distressing neurological condition. In recent time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has proven to be the ultimate imaging modality for evaluating pathologies of the spinal cord.Objective: To describe the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) features of patients with Non-Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury evaluated at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana. Results: Out of a total of 141 MRI’s evaluated 60.3% were males and 39.7% female. The majority of the respondents 85.1% had paraparesis/paraplegia,13.5% had quadriparesis/quadriplegia, 1.4% had weakness in one upper limb and both lower limbs. The commonest MRI features of NTSCI recorded was due to degenerative disease of the spine 75.9%, spinal metastases 5.7%, Pott's/pyogenic spondylitis 3.5%, demyelinating disease 2.8% and primary spinal tumours 2.8%.Conclusion: The commonest MRI findings in the study population were due to degenerative disease of the spine, followed by spinal metastases and infective spondylitis. Funding: Not declaredKeywords: paraparesis, paraplegia, tetraparesis, tetraplegia, Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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