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Fetal segmental spinal dysgenesis and unusual segmental agenesis of the anterior spinal artery.
- Source :
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Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery [Childs Nerv Syst] 2016 Aug; Vol. 32 (8), pp. 1537-41. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Mar 11. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- Segmental spinal dysgenesis (SSD) is a rare congenital spinal abnormality characterized by segmental dysgenesis or agenesis of the thoracolumbar or lumbar spine, congenital kyphosis, and abnormal configuration of the underlying spinal cord. A unique feature of SSD is that the vertebrae are present above and below the defect, and there is often a lower cord segment in the caudal spinal canal. We report a fetal MRI case of SSD with postmortem and neuropathological correlations. Our report confirms already published findings including the presence of a neurenteric cyst but is the first to document anterior spinal artery segmental agenesis in SSD.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1433-0350
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 26969176
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-016-3054-x