Segmental costovertebral malformation associated with lipomyelomeningocoele
Trimurti D Nadkarni1, Ram Kumar Menon, Ketan I Desai
1Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Seth GS Medical College, Parel, Mumbai, India. tdnadkarni@hotmail.com
Abstract:
We describe 2 patients with segmental costovertebral malformation, a form of spondylocostal dysostosis, associated with tethering of the conus to a lipomyelomeningocoele. Such an association is rare. In both these patients the defects occurred sporadically. The relevant literature is reviewed.
