Spinal involvement in pediatric familial cavernous malformation syndrome.

Ana Filipa GeraldoAysha LuisCesar Augusto P F AlvesDomenico TortoraJoana GuimarãesSofia ReimãoMarco PavanelloPatrizia de MarcoMarcello ScalaValeria CapraAndrea RossiErin Simon SchwartzKshitij MankadMariasavina Severino

Published in: Neuroradiology (2022)

Although rarely symptomatic, SCCM can be detected in up to 16% of pediatric FCCM patients using diverse spine MR protocols and may appear de novo. ISVM were instead absent in our cohort. Given the relative commonality of asymptomatic SCCM, serial screening spine MR should be considered in FCCM starting in childhood.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
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magnetic resonance
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
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early onset
childhood cancer
spinal cord injury
early life