Open AccessSuccessful Pregnancy Outcome in an Operated Case of Lipomeningomyocele: A Rare Case
Author(s) -
Vineet Mishra,
Sakshi Nanda,
Rohina Aggarwal,
Tanvir
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/18562.8558
Subject(s) - conus medullaris , medicine , spinal cord , incidence (geometry) , cord , pregnancy , tethered cord , spinal dysraphism , surgery , obstetrics , spina bifida , biology , physics , optics , psychiatry , genetics
Lipomeningomyocele is one of the types of occult spinal dysraphism associated with tethered cord syndrome, which is characterised by neurodeficit symptomatology due to stretch- induced functional disorder of the spinal cord with its caudal part attached by an in elastic tissue. There is stretching of conus medullaris and nerve roots due to disproportionate growth between vertebral column and spinal cord, resulting in various neurological deficits. Its incidence is approximately 1 in 4000 births in the USA, with a slightly higher female preponderance, although its true incidence is not known. There are very few studies on pregnancy outcome in these patients and the management dilemma in this group has prompted us to report this case.