A thoracic myelomeningocele in a patient with spondylocostal dysostosis. Case report.
Spondylocostal dysostosis is a rare congenital segmental costovertebral malformation. Neural tube defects associated with it have been reported several times, and a genetic cause has been proposed. The authors report on the first patient with both spondylocostal dysostosis and an intrathoracic myelomeningocele in whom surgical treatment was successful.
Yi
Seong
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. yodoheum@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
Yoon
Do Heum
DH
Shin
Hyun Chul
HC
Kim
Keung Nyun
KN
Lee
Sang Won
SW
D004413:Dysostoses / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome