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Year : 1998  |  Volume : 46  |  Issue : 4  |  Page : 316--318

Adult diastematomyelia : a case report and review of literature.

YR Yadav, M Bhagat, HH Rahman, JK Tandon, TC Kriplani, I Shrivastava, BP Singh 
 Department of Neurosurgery, Government Medical College, Jabalpur - 482 003, M.P., India

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YR Yadav
Department of Neurosurgery, Government Medical College, Jabalpur - 482 003, M.P.
India

Adult presentation in diastematomyelia is very rare. The common location is from first to third lumbar vertebrae. Lumbosacral adult diastematomyelia is even rarer. A 42 years male with lumbosacral diastematomyelia is described. Combined myelographic-CT scan study demonstrated lumbar canal stenosis and bony spur attached to vertebral bodies of the fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebra. Surgery with decompression of neural elements and removal of bony spur resulted in complete relief of symptoms. Detailed case representation and a review of 74 cases of adult diastematomyelia is reported.


How to cite this article:
Yadav Y, Bhagat M, Rahman H, Tandon J, Kriplani T, Shrivastava I, Singh B. Adult diastematomyelia : a case report and review of literature. Neurol India 1998;46:316-318


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Yadav Y, Bhagat M, Rahman H, Tandon J, Kriplani T, Shrivastava I, Singh B. Adult diastematomyelia : a case report and review of literature. Neurol India [serial online] 1998 [cited 2023 Mar 23 ];46:316-318
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