The nurse is preparing to admit a 2-year-old child with spina bifida occulta.What clinical manifestations of spina bifida occulta should the nurse expect to observe?
A) Dark tufts of hair
B) Skin depression or dimple
C) Port-wine angiomatous nevi
D) Soft, subcutaneous lipomas
E) Bladder and sphincter paralysis

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Clinical manifestations of spina bifida occulta include dark tufts of hair; skin depression or dimple; port-wine angiomatous nevi; and soft,subcutaneous lipomas.Bladder and sphincter paralysis are present with spina bifida cystica but not occulta.

The Nurse Is Preparing to Admit a 2-Year-Old Child with Spina