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Sonographic evaluation of traumatic spinal cord lesions in the newborn infant

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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.

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  1. Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, UCL St Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    P. Filippigh, P. Clapuyt & D. Claus

  2. Department of Neonatology, UCL St Luc, Brussels, Belgium

    C. Debauche

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Filippigh, P., Clapuyt, P., Debauche, C. et al. Sonographic evaluation of traumatic spinal cord lesions in the newborn infant. Pediatr Radiol 24, 245–247 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02015445

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