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Antenatal Diagnosis of Diastematomyelia
Author(s) -
Caspi Benjamin,
Gorbacz Sheldon,
Appelman Zvi,
Elchalal Uri
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1990.18.9.721
Subject(s) - diastematomyelia , medicine , autopsy , spinal cord , anatomy , prenatal diagnosis , pathology , pregnancy , fetus , biology , psychiatry , genetics
Diastematomyelia is a rare condition comprised of saggital division of the spinal cord into halves by either cartilagenous or bony spurs at any level of the spinal cord. It is usually associated with anomalous development of the vertebrae. We present a case demonstrating prenatal ultrasonographic features of diastematomyelia that was confirmed later by autopsy.