Diastematomyelia: a case report with review of litratures
Ahmed Bedru1, Tadios Mune, Getachew Assefa
1Department of Pediatrics, FoM, AAU.
Ethiopian Medical Journal
|April 24, 2007
Abstract:
Diastematomyelia is complete or partial sagital splitting of the spinal cord into two hemicords, each with its own central canal and pia surrounding it. We are reporting the clinical feature, radiological evidence and surgical outcome of a nine years old female child from Addis Ababa who was lately diagnosed to have Diastematomyelia. In addition, we have presented review of relevant literatures.
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