• Childs Nerv Syst · Dec 2005

    Case Reports

    The intermediate type split cord malformation: hypothesis and case report.

    • J van Aalst, BeulsE A MEA, J S H Vles, CornipsE M JEM, and H W M van Straaten.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, P. O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ, Maastricht, The Netherlands. jaspervanaalst@yahoo.com
    • Childs Nerv Syst. 2005 Dec 1; 21 (12): 1020-4.

    MethodsA patient is described in which a complete osteofibrotic dorsally implanted septum was found in combination with a split cord malformation in a single dural tube. This case cannot be explained using the widely used theory as proposed by Pang et al. [Pang D, Dias MS, Ahab-Barmada M (1992) Split cord malformation, part I: A unified theory of embryogenesis for double spinal cord malformations. Neurosurgery 31:451-480] but must be regarded as a combination of type I and II split cord malformation.ResultsThe authors state that all types of split cord malformation can be reduced to a single derailment during development, with various degrees of severity.ConclusionsThe configuration of the malformation is determined by the way the median parts of the mesoderm come to development. Type I and II split cord malformation are not distinct entities.

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