Diastematomyelia: a case report with review of litratures.
Diastematomyelia is complete or partial sagital splitting of the spinal cord into two hemicords, each with its own central canal and pia surrounding it. We are reporting the clinical feature, radiological evidence and surgical outcome of a nine years old female child from Addis Ababa who was lately diagnosed to have Diastematomyelia. In addition, we have presented review of relevant literatures.
Bedru
Ahmed
A
Department of Pediatrics, FoM, AAU.
Mune
Tadios
T
Assefa
Getachew
G
Meseret
Sifrash
S
D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*