Formes frustes of diastematomyelia in an adult: a case report.
An adult with clinically and neuroradiologically occult diastematomyelia is described. The neuropathological study revealed an unusual duplication of the spinal cord not associated with osteocartilagineous anomalies. This anomaly probably occurs early in fetal life as an isolated lesion of the neural tube. The embryological mechanism is discussed.
Nardelli
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Institute of Clinical Neurology, University of Verona, Polyclinic Borgo Roma I-Italy.
De Benedictis
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed