Spina bifida occulta (SBO)

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Done

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Spinal Bifida

Numbers

• Prevalence: 5–10%

Clinical features

• The defect may be palpable

Overlying cutaneous manifestations

• Often an incidental finding, usually of no clinical importance when it occurs alone

• No statistical association of SBO with nonspecific LBP

• Avrahami 1994:
• An increased incidence of disc herniation

• Samuel 2004 et al
• There was no direct causal relation between SBO and lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Association

• Diastematomyelia

• Tethered cord
• Can cause symptoms when presented with tethered cord
• Gait disturbance
• Foot deformity
• Urinary disturbance
• Leg weakness and Atrophy

• Lipoma

• Dermoid tumour