title: Unusual split of the spinal cord in a caudal regression syndrome with myelocystocele.
abstract: Report of a newborn infant with a caudal regression syndrome and a large myelocystocele. A small part of the transitional zone between the normal spinal cord and the myelocystocele displayed a triploid cord in cross sections, suggesting a kind of "triastematomyelia," which was, however, finally considered rather to represent a special form of diastematomyelia than a true threefold split of the spinal cord. The probable pathogenetic background of the condition is discussed.
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000473:pathology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D013577:Syndrome