Spine ultrasound imaging in the newborn

Maria F Ladino Torres; Michael A DiPietro

doi:10.1053/j.sult.2014.08.001

Spine ultrasound imaging in the newborn

Semin Ultrasound CT MR. 2014 Dec;35(6):652-61. doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2014.08.001. Epub 2014 Aug 9.

Authors

Maria F Ladino Torres¹, Michael A DiPietro²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children׳s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Electronic address: marialad@med.umich.edu.
² Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children׳s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI; John F. Holt Collegiate Professor of Radiology, Section of Pediatric Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, MI; Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

PMID: 25454057
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2014.08.001

Abstract

Ultrasound of the spine in the neonate is widely used as the initial modality to evaluate spinal canal anatomy, anatomical variants, and congenital malformations. The spinal canal and its contents are best visualized in the newborn and young infant owing to incomplete ossification of the posterior vertebral elements.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Infant, Newborn
Lumbosacral Region
Meningocele / diagnostic imaging
Neural Tube Defects / diagnostic imaging
Sacrococcygeal Region
Spinal Canal / diagnostic imaging
Spine / abnormalities
Spine / diagnostic imaging*
Spine / embryology
Teratoma / diagnostic imaging
Ultrasonography