CLINICAL IMAGES
Year : 2015 | Volume
: 8 | Issue : 2 | Page : 276--277
Transillumination test: A bedside aid for differentiating meningocele from myelomeningocele: Point of care testing
Aakash Pandita1, Deepak Sharma2, Sweta Shastri3
1 Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
2 Department of Paediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana, India
3 Department of Pediatrics, ACPM Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepak Sharma
Department of Paediatrics, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana
India
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.
How to cite this article:
Pandita A, Sharma D, Shastri S. Transillumination test: A bedside aid for differentiating meningocele from myelomeningocele: Point of care testing.Med J DY Patil Univ 2015;8:276-277
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Pandita A, Sharma D, Shastri S. Transillumination test: A bedside aid for differentiating meningocele from myelomeningocele: Point of care testing. Med J DY Patil Univ [serial online] 2015 [cited 2023 Oct 4 ];8:276-277
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