Multiple-site neural tube defects complicated by multiple-site split cord malformations and thickened filum terminale: experience at a pediatric neurosurgical teaching hospital in Ethiopia. Illustrative case
Abstract:BACKGROUND
Multiple-site open neural tube defects (MNTDs) and multiple-site split cord malformations (MSCMs) are extremely rare congenital anomalies that are defined by the simultaneous noncontiguous occurrence of more than one neural tube defect (NTD) and split cord malformation (SCM), respectively, in a single case with normal neural tissue in between. This work shows the cooccurrence of MNTDs and MSCMs, which has never been reported in the literature.
OBSERVATIONS
A single-stage repair for a 13-day-old fe… Show more
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