Cervical diastematomyelia: Uncommon presentation of a rare congenital disorder

Anand, Ashish; Kuchner, Eugene F.; James, Randall

doi:10.1016/0730-4862(85)90102-7

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“…Cervical diastematomyelia is a very rare entity 6,7 . In about 50% of patients, the hemi-cords are contained in a single dural sac as seen in this patient, while in the remainder they lie within separate dural sacs.…”

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Diastematomyelia

Saini

Singh

2010

Neuroradiol J

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Diastematomyelia is a rare form of spinal dysraphism characterized by a sagittal cleft of varying extent in the spinal cord, conus medullaris or filum terminale with splaying of the posterior vertebral elements. This condition results from the presence of an osseous, cartilaginous or fibrous septum producing a complete or incomplete sagittal division of the spinal cord into two hemicords. It may be isolated or associated with other segmental anomalies of the vertebral bodies (1).

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Diastematomyelia

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Singh

2010

Neuroradiol J

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“…Occasionally, however, the cleft will extend unusually low and the cord will end with two separate coni medullarae and two fila terminale ("Diplomyelia"). 3,4 When the split does not reunite distally to spur, the condition is referred to as a Diplomyelia or true duplication of spinal cord. Females are affected more commonly than males .Split cord malformations are a congenital abnormality and account for ~5% of all congenital spinal defects.…”

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