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Split spinal cord malformation
Author(s) -
Tubbs R. Shane,
Salter E. George,
Oakes W. Jerry
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.20248
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , pathological , embryology , anatomy , spinal dysraphism , congenital disease , diastematomyelia , concomitant , pathology , surgery , spina bifida , psychiatry
The split spinal cord is a rare congenital malformation. We report the rare finding of a split cord malformation in a young girl. Further evaluation of this anomaly revealed a Type I split cord malformation (midline bony septation), with no other concomitant pathological entities. Various hypotheses have been made regarding the embryology of this unusual form of spinal dysraphism, and these are reviewed along with the common clinical manifestations of this intriguing pathological entity. Clin. Anat 20:15–18, 2007. © 2005 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.