Cranial ultrasonography is a well established diagnostic procedure. In contrast ultrasonography of the spine and the spinal cord is less frequently used. It is indicated in infants with spinal dysraphism and may help to diagnose patients with meningomyelocele, spinal lipoma or cord tethering. We present a newborn with parplectic symptoms as a result of an epidural hematoma, which could be demonstrated exclusively by ultrasonography. We want to stress that spinal ultrasonography is a method of high clinical value.

Cerebral Hemorrhage↗

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[Growing septum pellucidum cyst in infancy].

We report a baby's development with expanding cyst of the septum pellucidum. It was detected accidentally during diagnostic evaluation of epileptic convulsions and psychomotoric retardation. The dramatic increasing of the cyst was followed by cranial ultrasonography for ten months. The progression of clinical symptoms couldn't be explained because after drainage of the cyst, no improvement took place. MRT with Spectroscopy lead to the tentative diagnosis, Morbus Alexander. This couldn't be proved because no biopsy of the brain was performed against the decision of the child's mother, nor postmortal (the child died at 20 months).

Cysts↗