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Reproductive system
Published in A Stewart Whitley, Jan Dodgeon, Angela Meadows, Jane Cullingworth, Ken Holmes, Marcus Jackson, Graham Hoadley, Randeep Kumar Kulshrestha, Clark’s Procedures in Diagnostic Imaging: A System-Based Approach, 2020
A Stewart Whitley, Jan Dodgeon, Angela Meadows, Jane Cullingworth, Ken Holmes, Marcus Jackson, Graham Hoadley, Randeep Kumar Kulshrestha
Fetal MRI may be performed in order to contribute information to supplement the ultrasound findings, where the findings are equivocal. Most commonly MRI is performed for the fetal brain for conditions such as agenesis of the corpus callosum but abnormalities of the spine, thorax, abdomen and pelvis may also be investigated.
Therapeutic positioning to address neuromuscular scoliosis on an adolescent child with Aicardi syndrome: a case study
Published in Assistive Technology, 2023
Tamara Kittelson, Nicholas C. Coombs
Many diagnoses with a neuromotor component are categorized as NDs, including cerebral palsy (CP), spina bifida, and Rett syndrome, among others. Aicardi syndrome (ACS) is a condition characterized by agenesis of the corpus callosum, other brain malformations, infantile spasms, ongoing seizures, and ocular abnormalities (Bertoni et al., 1979; Donnenfeld et al., 1989; Kroner et al., 2008). ACS occurs exclusively in females or males with an XXY karyotype. Intellectual disability, atypical muscle tone, delayed psychomotor milestones, and scoliosis are all common among persons with ACS. However, CP is more common among NDs with psychomotor impairment and thus more thoroughly studied (Alriksson-Schmidt & Hägglund, 2016; Alriksson-Schmidt et al., 2017; Graham et al., 2019). As a result, motor progression and clinical issues among persons with CP can be evaluated in real time, but the evaluation of other NDs, like ACS, proves to be more difficult. Currently, the incidence rate of ACS in the United States is approximately 1 per 105,000 live births (Kroner et al., 2008). As a rare disorder, there is limited reference material to monitor similar markers among those with ACS.