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An unusual case of dorsally situated bony spur in a lumbar split cord malformation
P S Chandra1, R Kamal, A K Mahapatra
1Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. sarat@medinst.ernet.in
Pediatric Neurosurgery
|November 5, 1999
Abstract:
A case of lumbar split cord malformation (SCM) with a bony spur situated dorsally is presented. This was associated with a hypertrophied posterior arch. The ventral dura was totally intact, and there was no fibrous septum connecting the bony arch to the dura. To our knowledge, such a case has not been reported earlier. In view of this unique finding, we propose a slight modification in Pang's unified theory of embryogenesis in the development of SCM.