Magnetic resonance evaluation of spinal dysraphism can be confusing for inexperienced radiologists and a detailed, step-by-step evaluation of the normal and abnormal imaging findings can help garner the diagnosis. The purpose of this article is to review the existing literature and to provide a comprehensive, structured, template checklist-style format for reporting spinal dysraphism that can help inexperienced radiologists to systematically analyze and report all the significant and ancillary findings in cases of spinal dysraphism and efficiently communicate the findings to the treating physician/surgeon.
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