A Sacral Mass in a Newborn: A Variant of Type II Diastematomyelia with Triple Splitting of the Cord

Emad Sadek Shatla; El Said M. A. Bedair; Ashraf Soliman

doi:10.1155/2013/307205

Case Reports in Pediatrics (Jan 2013)

A Sacral Mass in a Newborn: A Variant of Type II Diastematomyelia with Triple Splitting of the Cord

Emad Sadek Shatla,
El Said M. A. Bedair,
Ashraf Soliman

Affiliations

Emad Sadek Shatla: NICU, Hamad Medical Center, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
El Said M. A. Bedair: Radiology Department, Hamad Medical Center, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar
Ashraf Soliman: Pediatrics Department, Hamad Medical Center, P.O. Box 3050, Doha, Qatar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/307205
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2013

Abstract

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Ultrasonographic (US) evaluation of spinal anomalies is limited. MRI is increasingly being used in the diagnosis of spinal anomalies. MRI has been able to show clearly the detailed anatomy of this rare case of type II diastematomyelia with triple splitting of the cord.

Published in Case Reports in Pediatrics

ISSN: 2090-6803 (Print); 2090-6811 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Pediatrics
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2920

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