title: Adult diastematomyelia: a complex dysraphic state.
abstract: It is rare for patients with diastematomyelia to manifest initial symptoms in adult life. Clinical, radiological, and surgical features of a patient with symptomatic adult diastematomyelia are presented. Pathogenetic mechanisms are considered to include a variety of congenital spinal anomalies, distinct from the spur, as well as mechanical factors.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D009192:Myelography; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery