MR imaging of diplomyelia.
We present an unusual case of duplication of the fifth lumbar vertebra and sacrum in a 6-year-old boy. The spinal cord was also duplicated and tethered by bone spurs bilaterally. The imaging features and the embryological basis of diplomyelia are discussed.
Castillo
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Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030.
Hankins
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Kramer
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Wilson
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D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012447:Sacrum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*