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Optimal Filum Terminale Thickness Cutoff Value on Sonography for Lipoma Screening in Young Children

Authors
 Hyun Joo Shin  ;  Myung-Joon Kim  ;  Hye Sun Lee  ;  Hyun Gi Kim  ;  Mi-Jung Lee 
Citation
 JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, Vol.34(11) : 1943-1949, 2015 
Journal Title
JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE
ISSN
 0278-4297 
Issue Date
2015
MeSH
Cauda Equina/diagnostic imaging* ; Female ; Humans ; Image Enhancement/methods ; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted/methods* ; Imaging, Three-Dimensional/methods* ; Infant ; Lipoma/diagnostic imaging* ; Lipomatosis/complications ; Lipomatosis/diagnostic imaging* ; Lumbosacral Region/diagnostic imaging ; Male ; Mass Screening/methods ; Neural Tube Defects/complications ; Neural Tube Defects/diagnostic imaging* ; Reproducibility of Results ; Sensitivity and Specificity ; Ultrasonography
Keywords
children ; filum terminale ; lipoma ; magnetic resonance imaging ; pediatric ultrasound ; sonography
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the normal thickness of the filum terminale on sonography and suggest an optimal cutoff value for filum terminale lipoma screening in young children.

METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed lumbosacral sonograms and magnetic resonance images from children younger than 36 months that were obtained between January 2013 and June 2014. The filum terminale thickness on sonography and the presence of fat in the filum terminale on magnetic resonance imaging were evaluated.

RESULTS: From 111 children (mean age ± SD, 3.6 ± 3.0 months), 49 did not have abnormal lesions (normal group), and 62 had fat infiltration in the filum terminale (lipoma group). The filum terminale was thicker in the lipoma group than the normal group (1.5 ± 0.5 versus 0.9 ± 0.2 mm; P < .001). Filum terminale thickness also showed significance in a multivariable analysis with sex and age (odds ratio per 0.1-mm unit, 2.754; P < .001) and in propensity score matching for age (P < .001). The optimal cutoff value for filum terminale lipoma screening was 1.1 mm, with 94% sensitivity and 86% specificity.

CONCLUSIONS: The conventional cutoff value of 2 mm for a thickened filum terminale on sonography can be too thick. We suggest an optimal cutoff value of 1.1 mm for lipoma screening in young children.
Full Text
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.7863/ultra.14.10079/abstract
DOI
10.7863/ultra.14.10079
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1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Dept. of Radiology (영상의학교실) > 1. Journal Papers
1. College of Medicine (의과대학) > Yonsei Biomedical Research Center (연세의생명연구원) > 1. Journal Papers
Yonsei Authors
Kim, Myung Joon(김명준) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4608-0275
Kim, Hyun Gi(김현지)
Shin, Hyun Joo(신현주) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7462-2609
Lee, Mi-Jung(이미정) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3244-9171
Lee, Hye Sun(이혜선) ORCID logo https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6328-6948
URI
https://ir.ymlib.yonsei.ac.kr/handle/22282913/156817
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