Open AccessTransillumination test: A bedside aid for differentiating meningocele from myelomeningocele: Point of care testing
Author(s) -
Aakash Pandita,
Deepak Sharma,
Sweta Shastri
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
medical journal of dr. d y patil university/medical journal of dr. d.y. patil university
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7119
pISSN - 0975-2870
DOI - 10.4103/0975-2870.153189
Subject(s) - transillumination , medicine , point of care testing , hydrocephalus , test (biology) , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Transillumination test is a bedside and simple technique to illuminate the body cavity by transmission of light through the cavity. Transillumination test is used in a variety of conditions like hydrocele, Hydrocephalus, pneumoperitonium and pneumothorax in neonatology. We describe use of transillumination for differentiating meningocele and myelomeningocele