Mankotia Dipanker Singh, Satyarthee Guru Dutta, Sharma Bhawani Shankar
Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
J Neurosci Rural Pract. 2015 Jan;6(1):87-90. doi: 10.4103/0976-3147.143209.
Myelocystocele is a rare form of spinal dysraphism. Thoracic myelocystocele is still rarer. The occurrence of thoracic myelocystocele associated with type-1 split cord malformation, low lying tethered cord, dorsal syrinx and spina bifida is extremely rare. Clinical presentation of such a rare case and an early surgical management is discussed briefly.
脊髓脊膜膨出是一种罕见的脊柱裂形式。胸段脊髓脊膜膨出更为罕见。胸段脊髓脊膜膨出合并1型脊髓纵裂畸形、低位脊髓栓系、脊髓空洞症和脊柱裂的情况极为罕见。本文简要讨论了这一罕见病例的临床表现及早期手术治疗。