Occult diastematomyelia in adults--report of two cases.
Two cases of diastematomyelia discovered in adults with minimal symptoms are described. In one case the presence of an associated thoracic neurenteric cyst supports the theory that a diastematomyelic spur represents a persistent neurenteric canal. The imaging findings are described and the incidence of diastematomyelia in adults is briefly discussed on the basis of cases previously reported in the literature.
Whitney
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Department of Radiology, North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary, Stoke-on-Trent.
Brenner
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Gulati
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009192:Myelography; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed