RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Lumbar Cutaneous Hemangiomas as Indicators of Tethered Spinal Cords
JF Pediatrics
JO Pediatrics
FD American Academy of Pediatrics
SP 977
OP 980
VO 83
IS 6
A1 Albright, A. Leland
A1 Gartner, J. Carlton
A1 Wiener, Eugene S.
YR 1989
UL http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/83/6/977.abstract
AB Children with cutaneous hemangiomas in the lumbar region often also have tethered spinal cords. This diagnosis can be overlooked, because children with cutaneous hemangiomas may be otherwise asymptomatic and neurologically normal. From 1983 to 1987, six consecutive children with lumbar cutaneous hemangiomas underwent magnetic resonance imaging, and a seventh had a myelogram. In all seven children, despite their normal neurologic status, tethered spinal cords were diagnosed. All children had operations, which confirmed this finding. None had postoperative neurologic deficits. Infants and children with similar lumbar cutaneous hemangiomas should have magnetic resonance scans to detect the presence of tethered spinal cords.