title: [Diastematomyelia and the tethered spinal cord syndrome. Case report].
abstract: The authors present a patient with diastematomyelia and associated congenital malformations of the spinal cord. They caused tethering of the spinal cord. Patient had cutaneous marks of malformation from birth. The congenital malformation was operated at the age 5 years. MRI and surgical findings confirm the existence of diastematomyelia together with thick tethered filum terminale and lipoma of filum terminale. On surgery the bony septum was removed, the filum terminale was resected and the lipoma was excised. Each of the anomalies caused the tethering of the spinal cord and restricted its physiological ascent. Only careful surgical revision with subsequent removal of all causes of the tethering of the spinal cord produced good result. Diastematomyelia is a congenital malformation with some morphological variations and coexistence of other malformations. The presented case is a typical example of malformations associated with diastematomyelia.
authors.affiliation: Klinika detskej chirurgie LF UKo a DFNsP, Bratislava, Slovenská republika. fhorn@healthnet.sk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Horn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Babala
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Studený
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smrek
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pevalova
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kirnák
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Siman
mesh_terms: D002420:Cauda Equina; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery