Abstract
US has proved useful in the diagnosis of a variety of pediatric spine disorders. US often offers advantages over CT and MR imaging by avoiding sedation and eliminating exposure to radiation. This exhibit aims to illustrate the value of high-resolution US for characterizing intraspinal abnormalities in newborns. We present US anatomy of the spine and a variety of spine disorders in newborns; myelomeningocele, spinal lipoma, dorsal dermal sinus, tight filum terminale syndrome, diastematomyelia, terminal myelocystocele, caudal regression syndrome and hydromyelia or syringomyelia.
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