Prenatally diagnosed fetal thoraco-lumbar spine duplication associated with lipomyelomeningocele: An extremely rare case of split cord malformation

Spine duplication is considered rare, a more serious form of split cord malformation. Ultrasonographic evaluation of the spine in the second trimester is central to the antenatal diagnosis of spinal malformations. Here, we report a case of thoraco-lumbar spine duplication associated with lipomyelome...

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Autores principales: Akalın, Münip, Demirci, Oya, Kaygusuz, Ecmel, Dizdaroğulları, Gizem Elif
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Galenos Publishing 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9748855/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36511649
http://dx.doi.org/10.4274/tjod.galenos.2022.85453
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Sumario:Spine duplication is considered rare, a more serious form of split cord malformation. Ultrasonographic evaluation of the spine in the second trimester is central to the antenatal diagnosis of spinal malformations. Here, we report a case of thoraco-lumbar spine duplication associated with lipomyelomeningocele diagnosed by ultrasonography at 19 weeks of gestation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case report of spine duplication diagnosed by antenatal ultrasonography.

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