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IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—SPLIT CORD MALFORMATION
Author(s) -
ZANI DAVIDE D.,
DE ZANI DONATELLA,
MORANDI NICOLA,
BIGGI MARIANNA,
BELLOLI ANGELO G.,
RICCABONI PIETRO,
RONDENA MARCO,
DI GIANCAMILLO MAURO,
PRAVETTONI DAVIDE
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
veterinary radiology and ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.541
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1740-8261
pISSN - 1058-8183
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2009.01622.x
Subject(s) - medicine , kyphoscoliosis , spinal cord , magnetic resonance imaging , diastematomyelia , chiari malformation , anatomy , cerebrospinal fluid , syringomyelia , cerebellar vermis , radiology , surgery , scoliosis , pathology , cerebellum , psychiatry , endocrinology
The features of a calf with a split cord malformation are described. Clinically, there was severe cervicothoracic kyphoscoliosis and an interscapular dermal sinus associated with cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Using magnetic resonance imaging, complete duplication of the spinal cord at the cervical intumescence was detected. There was associated syringohydromyelia, multiple cervicothoracic vertebral malformations resulting in kyphoscoliosis and rachischisis, herniation of the cerebellar vermis, meningoencephalocele, and calvarial defects.