Neonate with spinal hypoplasia on T12 and a localized vertebral malformation on L4.
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.
Weber
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Department of Neonatology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, University Hospital Charité, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany. astrid.weber@charite.de
Maier
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Felderhoff-Mueser
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Lehmann
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R
Stöver
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B
Obladen
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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