Skull and Spine Disorders
= SYRINGOCELE
= hydromyelic spinal cord + arachnoid herniated through posterior spina bifida; least common form of spinal dysraphism
May be associated with: GI tract anomalies, GU tract anomalies
- cystic skin-covered mass over spine
- cloacal exstrophy (frequent)
Location: lower spine >cervical >thoracic spine
- direct continuity of meningocele with subarachnoid space
- cyst communicating with widened central canal of spinal cord typically posteriorly + inferiorly to meningocele
- lordosis, scoliosis, partial sacral agenesis (common)