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                                                     M R I - Division

Complaint : 21 y female with severe lower backache
H/o lumbar laminectomy  when she is 19  years old.
First she under went lumbar sonography.

FINDING:  A oval anechoic lesion without definite wall in the lower lumbar region at mid line.
For further evaluation she under went MRI scan

FINDINGS:  A oval hypointence lesion on T1 & hyperintence on T2 noted in the lower lumbar region at midline. The lesion shows continuity with CSF. Post-operative changes in the lower lumbar muscles.

DIAGNOSIS:  PSEUDO MENINGOCELE.