title: Split mesencephalon: diplomyelia of the basicranium.
abstract: We report a novel case of congenitally split mesencephalon, in a 3-year old with hydrocephalus. We speculate that the ontogenetic mechanism is shared with split cord malformations (SCM). Our case adds to the two other cases of basicranial SCM which involved more caudal brainstem.
authors: Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Oxford Children's Hospital and The West Wing, John Radcliffe Hospital , Oxford , UK.
authors: Bodiabaduge A P
authors: BA
authors: Jayasekera
authors: Erlick A C
authors: EA
authors: Pereira
authors: Shailendra
authors: S
authors: Magdum
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000002:abnormalities*; D019291:Skull Base / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
keywords: anomaly; cyst; diplomyelia; mesencephalon; posterior fossa; split cord malformation