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8416573

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
The authors analyzed the clinical and imaging findings in 30 consecutive pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients who underwent MR imaging because of atypical features of idiopathic scoliosis. Atypical clinical and plain radiographic features included early onset (n = 4), rapid progression (n = 19), pain (n = 17), other neurologic symptoms or signs (n = 12), associated syndromes (n = 4), a convex left thoracic or thoracolumbar curve (n = 18), a kyphotic component (n = 7), and pedicle thinning (n = 4). MR imaging demonstrated 17 abnormalities in 11 patients: lumbar disk protrusions (n = 1), patulous intradural space (dural ectasia) (n = 3), hydrosyringomyelia (n = 7), Chiari I malformation (n = 5), and cord astrocytoma (n = 1). Significant associations with abnormal MR imaging findings were shown for patients with pain, weakness, abnormal neurologic findings, and atypical curvatures. Furthermore, there was a striking association of convex left thoracic or thoracolumbar scoliosis with hydrosyringomyelia (six of seven cases). On the basis of these results, "atypical" spinal curvatures at radiography and "atypical" clinical features should prompt performance of additional diagnostic studies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0033-8419
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
247-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Atypical idiopathic scoliosis: MR imaging evaluation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article