Transillumination test: A bedside aid for differentiating meningocele from myelomeningocele: Point of care testing

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 transillum...

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Main Authors: Aakash Pandita, Deepak Sharma, Sweta Shastri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
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Online Access:http://www.mjdrdypu.org/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2015;volume=8;issue=2;spage=276;epage=277;aulast=Pandita