Coning in a patient with spina bifida following general anaesthesia for cystoscopy

Sirenomelia with spina bifida.

Sirenomelia is an exceptionally rare cogenital malformation characterized by a single fused lower limb. This deformity is variably known as symmelia, sympodia monopodia, sympus and due to its resemblance to the mermaid of Greek and Roman mythology popularly also known as mermaid baby. Sirenomelia has prevalence of 1.5 4.2 cases per 100,000 births(l). About 300 cases of this lethal anomaly have ...

Lenticonus in spina bifida

Anterior lenticonus is a rare anomaly, first described by Webster (I874), which is frequently associated with Alport's syndrome of nephritis and perceptual deafness. A report of the 42 cases recorded up to I966 is given by Arnott, Crawfurd, and Toghill, i966. South Wales has an unusually high incidence of spina bifida. The incidence was found to be 3-92 per iooo in Glamorgan and Monmouthshire w...

Depressive symptoms in adults with spina bifida.

OBJECTIVE To examine the prevalence of depressive symptoms in adults with spina bifida and identify contributing factors for depressive symptomatology. METHOD Retrospective Cohort Study. Data collection was conducted at a regional adult spina bifida clinic. A total of 190 charts from adult patients with spina bifida were included. The main outcome measures were the Beck Depression Inventory-I...

Living with spina bifida: a historical perspective.

On October 11, 1983, “Baby Jane Doe” was born in Port Jefferson, NY, and diagnosed with hydrocephalus and myelomeningocele, the most common and serious form of spina bifida. Doctors advised her parents that she would die without surgery. With surgery, she would live from 2 to 20 years, paralyzed, bedridden, incontinent, and severely “retarded.” Based on this information, the parents declined tr...

Spina Bifida (Myelomeningocele)