Open AccessSpina bifida operation case
Author(s) -
S. A. Flerov
Publication year - 1921
Publication title -
kazanskij medicinskij žurnal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2587-9359
pISSN - 0368-4814
DOI - 10.17816/kazmj79601
Subject(s) - girl , sacrum , urination , spina bifida , defecation , medicine , surgery , anatomy , pediatrics , psychology , developmental psychology , urinary system
Patient A.S., aged 1 year 6 months A week after her birth, her parents noticed a tumor in her sacrum, which at first was the size of a pea, and then gradually began to increase. Cases of deformities, syphilis and alcoholism c. family and relatives were not. The girl is crawling, but still cannot stand and walk. The food is good. Weight / (13 lb.) and height (67 cm) indicate developmental delays. Defecation and urination are correct. In the sacral region - a tense, fluctuating, covered with normal integuments, a tumor, almost the size of the head of a newborn. Below the tumor there is a foveola coccygeal" Negative reaction of Nonna-Appelt and Wassegmanna obtained by a test puncture from the tumor of cerebrospinal fluid.