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State of the Art Cranial Ultrasound Imaging in Neonates
Published on: February 2, 2015
Sonographic evaluation of traumatic spinal cord lesions in the newborn infant
P Filippigh1, P Clapuyt, C Debauche
1Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, UCL St Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
We present a case of spinal cord injury due to birth trauma and assess the value of sonography for diagnosis, lesion characterization, and follow-up. Sonography is a non-invasive and easily reproducible imaging method for examining a ventilated child, and its initial sensitivity is comparable to that of MRI. Sonography is the method of choice for guiding diagnosis in this type of traumatic lesion to the newborn.
We present a case of spinal cord injury due to birth trauma and assess the value of sonography for diagnosis, lesion characterization, and follow-up. Sonography is a non-invasive and easily reproducible imaging method for examining a ventilated child, and its initial sensitivity is comparable to that of MRI. Sonography is the method of choice for guiding diagnosis in this type of traumatic lesion to the newborn.

