Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics

Review Article

Neurology

Sacral dimple: clinical perspectives of lesions hidden beneath the skin

Jin Eun, Kwan Sung Lee, Seung Ho Yang

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2026;69(2):103-113. Published online November 26, 2025

· Most sacral dimples are benign, but atypical features may indicate occult spinal dysraphism.
· Simple dimples meeting strict criteria require no imaging, whereas atypical dimples require targeted ultrasonography or magnetic resonance imaging.
· The early diagnosis and surgical management of highrisk cases prevents irreversible neurological, orthopedic, and urological deficits.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2025.01802

Case Report

A Case of Spinal Cord Injury without Radiographic Abnormality

Seoung Joon Kim, Dae Kyun Koh, Jin Hee Oh, Jong Hyun Kim, Jung Soo Jun

Clin Exp Pediatr. 2004;47(11):1228-1231. Published online November 15, 2004

A spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality(SCIWORA) was defined by Pang and Wilberger in 1982 as the "objective signs of myelopathy as a result of trauma" in which no evidence of fracture, subluxation, or instability on plain radiographs, or computed tomography is demonstrable. Inherent elasticity of the vertebral column in infants and young children, among other age-related anatomical peculiarities, render...

Departments of Neurosurgery, Gyeongsang National University, College of Medicine, Chinju, Korea

Jae Young Lim, Young Kyu Park, Eun Sang Kim, Dong Wook Kim

Clin Exp Pediatr. 1997;40(4):555-558. Published online April 15, 1997

Spinal-cord astrocytomas are rare, comprising only 1% of all primary central nervous system tumors. Malignant astrocytomas grade III and IV account for only 7.5% of intramedullary spinal gliomas occurring in all age groups and for as few as 1.2% of primary intramedullary tumors in children. The frequency of primary intramedullary with intracranial metastasis is relatively rare in childhood and such...

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Original Article

A Case of Spindle Cell Thymoma with Spinal Cord Compression.

Ki Hyeok Lee, Dong Joo Nah, Jong In Byun, Sang Min Seong, Kyung Tai Whang, Eun Deok Chang, Young Hee Jee

Clin Exp Pediatr. 1988;31(9):1237-1242. Published online September 30, 1988

We experienced a case who presented symptoms of spinal cord compression in association with posterior mediastinal thymoma. A 2-year old female patient was admitted to the hospital for evaluation of gait difficulty and motor weakness of legs which aggravated during two weeks prior to admission. General physical, mental status examination and cranial nerve functions were within normal limits. Diffuse moderate weakness of the lower extremities...

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