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[The complex preoperative examination of children with a meningocele of the lumbosacral region].

The article presents results of complex examinations of 50 children with meningocele of lumbosacral localization. All these patients were operated upon. The operation was preceded by clinical, electroencephalographic and X-ray examinations. Special attention was given to the degree of injuries of the caudal portions of the spinal cord and ist roots, to findings of spondylography, myelography with roentgen-negative and roentgen-positive contrast substances, pneumoencephalography and EEG.

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[Neurosurgical treatment of children with spina bifida associated with congenital spinal lipoma in the lumbosacral region].

This paper presents twelve neurosurgically treated children with spina bifida associated with congenital spinal lumbosacral lipoma over a 3-year period. The introduction deals with various types of lipoma, their development, clinical presentation, local findings in children with spinal lipoma, as well as with the significance of neurosurgical treatment. The age span of children with occult spina bifida and spinal lumbosacral lipoma was from 3 months to 2 years, and there were seven girls and five boys. In all the twelve children, a smaller or bigger fatty mass in the lumbosacral area was noticed immediately after birth, gradually increasing in size. Neurologic examination revealed weakness of lower extremities, with somewhat atonic sphincters, in only two of the children. Spinal dysraphism was demonstrated by plain roentgenograms in all the twelve children, while CT-scans, CT-myelography and recently MR-scans, confirmed the diagnosis of spinal lipoma. In all the twelve children the spinal lipoma and the adherences between the lipoma and the low-lying conus or an enlarged filum terminale were removed by the neurosurgical excision. Follow-up of children 6 and more months following the surgery showed improvement of their condition. Spina bifida associated with congenital spinal lumbosacral lipoma is a condition that although benign in histology, can have devastating effects if not surgically corrected early. Children who are asymptomatic at the time of repair will tend to remain asymptomatic. Those who are not repaired early will develop and show subsequent deterioration as time progresses.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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