Open AccessA Sacral Mass in a Newborn: A Variant of Type II Diastematomyelia with Triple Splitting of the Cord
Author(s) -
Emad Shatla,
El Said M. A. Bedair,
Ashraf Soliman
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
case reports in pediatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6803
pISSN - 2090-6811
DOI - 10.1155/2013/307205
Subject(s) - diastematomyelia , medicine , spinal cord , spinal dysraphism , anatomy , cord , radiology , surgery , spina bifida , psychiatry
Ultrasonographic (US) evaluation of spinal anomalies is limited. MRI is increasingly being used in the diagnosis of spinal anomalies. MRI has been able to show clearly the detailed anatomy of this rare case of type II diastematomyelia with triple splitting of the cord.
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