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Sadik Zbair1, Asmaa Adnane1, Kamilia Chbani1, Siham Salam1, Lahcen Ouzidane1.
Abstract
Diastematomyelia is a rare spinal dysraphism in which the spinal cord and its content are split. Two types of diastematomyelia have been described. We report the case of a 12 year old male patient presenting with reduced lower limb muscle strength without associated sphincteric disorders. The patient underwent axial, sagittal and coronal T1 and T2-weighted MRI sequence of the spine. MRI showed a bifid appearance of the bone marrow of thoracolumbar vertebrae in two hemi-cords without bone spur separating the two hemi-marrows, compatible with type 1 diastematomyelia. It was associated with low tethered spinal cord with syringomyelic cavity involving the left hemi-marrow and with biloculated fibrotic lesion at the level of the right hemi-marrow compatible with a neuroenteric cyst. MRI also showed incomplete closure of the posterior arch of D12 vertebra which communicated with a subcutaneous pocket in relation to a dermal sinus. Diastematomyelia is a rare abnormality of the spine which can be associated with other malformations. Therapeutic strategy essentially depends on the progression of the clinical signs (neurological) and of associated malformations.Entities:
Keywords: Diastematomyelia; neural tube defects; spinal dysraphism
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Year: 2017 PMID: 29721147 PMCID: PMC5927562 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.28.317.14500
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Figure 1IRM médullaire en séquence axiale T2 montre un aspect bifide de la moelle en deux hémi-cordes sans éperon osseux
Figure 2IRM médullaire en séquence sagittale T2 montre une cavité syringomyélique associée à un élargissement du canal médullaire et moelle bas attachée
Figure 3IRM médullaire en séquence coronale T2 montre un aspect bifide de la moelle avec kyste biloculé de l’hémi-corde droite compatible avec un kyste neuro-entérique (astérix)
Figure 4IRM médullaire en séquence coronale T1 montre une anomalie vertébrale somatique en aile de papillon