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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 8
| Issue : 3 | Page : 204-206 |
Tethered cord with tandem lipomyelomeningoceles, split cord malformation and thick filum
Hamed Hanif1, Sajjad Khanbabazadeh2, Farideh Nejat3, Mostafa El Khashab4
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Sina Hospital, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Firouzgar Hospital, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
4 Hackensack University Medical Center, New Jersey, USA
Correspondence Address:
Farideh Nejat
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran
Iran
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.123665
Lipomyelomeningocele, a closed neural tube defect, usually occurs in lumbosacral area as a single lesion but can be associated with other spinal dysraphism. We report an infant with a very rare presentation of tandem lumbosacral lipomyelomeningoceles, thick filum terminale and split cord malformation.
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