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10782000

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
Spina bifida is one of the most common open neural tube defects. There are two common types of spina bifida cystica, myelomeningocele and meningocele. Special attention to the thickness of the cystic sac (presence of intact skin and subcutaneous tissue) on magnetic resonance imaging is advantageous for determination of whether the child will profit from cesarean section in order to prevent neurological change (infection and drying of nerve tissue) and for management of spina bifida (most meningocele) during the perinatal period. Furthermore, skin detection may help to predict the prognosis of spina bifida after birth. Meningocele, with intact skin over the cyst, has a better clinical course than myelomeningocele. Some myelomeningoceles with neural tube defects in a lower position, also frequently having an intact skin over the cyst, have almost the same clinical course as a meningocele. From this, we hypothesize that a baby with spina bifida who has intact skin over the cyst might have a good prognosis neurologically. In this report, we concentrate attention on the skin over cysts in 3 cases (1 meningocele and 2 myelomeningoceles).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1015-3837
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 S. Karger AG, Basel.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
156-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of skin over cysts with Spina bifida may be useful not only for preventing neurological damage during labor but also for predicting fetal prognosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. og.naomi@med.nagoya-cu-ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports