title: Neonate with spinal hypoplasia on T12 and a localized vertebral malformation on L4.
abstract: We report a case of a neonate with sectional narrowing of the spinal cord on the level of T12 to L2 and a deformed vertebral body on a different level, L4. In previously described cases of sectional spinal dysgenesis, the vertebral and spinal cord malformations are usually found on the same level. Our case may represent a new variant of spinal dysgenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. astrid.weber@charite.de
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Felderhoff-Mueser
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stöver
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Obladen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000098:blood supply