Shannon Farmakis MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Vilaas Shetty MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Marilyn J. Siegel MD, Abstract Co-Author: Research Consultant, Siemens AG Speakers Bureau, Siemens AG

1. Review the indications for performing spinal sonography in neonates and young infants 2. Review the normal anatomy of the spine on ultrasound, normal variants, and various spinal anomalies 3. Review correlating MRI findings in spinal anomalies

Introduction Indications for spine ultrasound including review of various midline skin lesions in lower back and multiple congenital anomalies with high association for spinal anomalies Review indications for recommending spine MRI following screening ultrasound   Embryology of spinal cord development Normal spine anatomy on ultrasound   Normal variants on spine ultrasound with MRI correlation Spinal anomalies on ultrasound with MRI correlation   Summary—Spinal ultrasonography remains the imaging gold standard in screening pediatric patients with various skin lesions in the lower back as well as in patients with multiple congenital anomalies or known spinal dysraphism.  MRI imaging is the next step in evaluating spine abnormalities. This exhibit aims to review the embryology of spinal cord development, review the normal anatomy of the spine on ultrasound, and then review the appearance of various spinal anomalies on both ultrasound and MRI.  

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Farmakis, S, Shetty, V, Siegel, M, Back to the Basics: A Review of Congenital Spine Anomalies on Ultrasound with MRI Correlation.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14004571.html