Scoliosis and diastematomyelia: four cases and a review of the literature

We report four cases of scoliosis associated with diatematomyelia observed between 1984 and 1998. The patients were four girls aged 10 to 12 years. Skin lesions were found on the midline in 3 cases and 2 had a neurological disorder. A myeloscan was performed in two cases, tomomyelography in one and...

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Published inRevue de chirurgie orthopédique et réparatrice de l'apparell moteur Vol. 86; no. 3; p. 300
Main Authors Akhaddar, A, Gourinda, H, El Alami, F Z, El Madhi, T, Miri, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.05.2000
Subjects
Bone Transplantation
Child
Diagnostic Imaging
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Neural Tube Defects - diagnosis
Neural Tube Defects - surgery
Scoliosis - diagnosis
Scoliosis - surgery
Spinal Fusion
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Summary:We report four cases of scoliosis associated with diatematomyelia observed between 1984 and 1998. The patients were four girls aged 10 to 12 years. Skin lesions were found on the midline in 3 cases and 2 had a neurological disorder. A myeloscan was performed in two cases, tomomyelography in one and MRI in one. Three patients were operated on with good outcome. The fourth child is under orthopedic treatment. We reviewed the literature on scoliosis with diastematomyelia.
ISSN:0035-1040