Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2019, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 94-97.doi: 10.11958/20181317

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Imaging findings of Currarino syndrome

CHEN Jing1, WANG Chun-xiang1, CAI Chun-quan2   

  1. 1 Department of Medical Imaging, 2 Department of Neurosurgery, Tianjin Children’s Hospital, Tianjin 300074, China
  • Received:2018-08-31 Revised:2018-10-25 Published:2019-01-15 Online:2019-01-15
  • Contact: Jing CHEN E-mail:bbchenjing@126.com

Abstract: Currarino syndrome (CS) is a rare disease. Because of its variety of clinical manifestations, some patients show atypical clinical manifestations, and even no early clinical symptoms in the early stage. It is easy to cause misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis. With the development of imaging technology, X-ray, gastrointestinal radiography, CT and MRI can provide different diagnostic information for the diagnosis of CS. Different imaging methods have their own advantages and limitations. The combination of multiple imaging methods plays an important role in the diagnosis of CS. This article reviews the etiology, clinical features and imaging findings of CS, in order to develop the understanding and make an early diagnosis of CS.

Key words: tomography, X-ray computed, magnetic resonance imaging, Currarino syndrome