Correlation of urodynamic studies and somatosensory evoked potential and their prognostic value in children with closed spinal dysraphism.

Introduction: Somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) and urodynamic studies (UD) are valuable tools for assessing patients with closed spinal dysraphism (CSD) before neurosurgical intervention. No studies have correlated their findings in this cohort and our aim is to study their correlation and prognostic value in pediatric patients with closed spinal dysraphism.

Methods: Retrospective review of all patients referred to a multidisciplinary clinic in a tertiary pediatric surgical center over a 17 years period between April 2004 to September 2021 was performed.

Tumour genesis syndrome: severe hypophosphatemia and hypokalemia may be ominous presenting findings in childhood acute myeloid leukaemia.

Unlabelled: We report a 16-year-old girl who was diagnosed with acute leukaemia and a marked leucocytosis >200 × 10/L. She presented with marked hypophosphatemia, hypokalemia, acute renal failure and acute respiratory failure. These electrolytes disturbances may indicate rapid tumour genesis.