Conzen M A, Oppel F, Villagran R
Neurosurgical Clinic Krankenanstalten Gilead-Bethel, Bielefeld, West-Germany.
Neurosurg Rev. 1989;12(2):177-81. doi: 10.1007/BF01741497.
A case of thoracic diastematomyelia associated with acute disc herniation is reported. The female patient noted sensory and motor symptoms at 49 years of age, four months before hospitalization. Myelography, myelo-computerized tomography and nuclear resonance tomography of the thoracic spine and cord showed the region of diastematomyelia with an additional disc herniation at T 6/7. The bone spur and the disc was successfully excised. Post-operatively, the patient's deficits improved.
