Publication: Complex Spinal Dysraphism Complicated by Intramedullary Dermoid
Date
2015
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Publisher
Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
Abstract
Abstract:
Spinal dysraphism presents in myriad ways. Meningomyeloceles presenting with Split cord malformations are termed as complex dysraphisms. We encountered a child with myelomeningocele and a split cord with intramedullary lesion making it a more complex dysraphism.
Description
Gopal Sedain
Neurosurgery Unit, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Mohan Raj Sharma
Neurosurgery Unit, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Sushil Krishna Shilpakar
Neurosurgery Unit, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu
Keywords
Meningomyeloceles, split cord, intramedullary lesion