IMAGING DIAGNOSIS—SPLIT CORD MALFORMATION |
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| Authors: | DAVIDE D. ZANI DONATELLA DE ZANI NICOLA MORANDI MARIANNA BIGGI ANGELO G. BELLOLI PIETRO RICCABONI MARCO RONDENA MAURO DI GIANCAMILLO DAVIDE PRAVETTONI |
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| Affiliation: | Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Veterinarie—Sezione di Radiologia Veterinaria Clinica e Sperimentale, Ospedale Veterinario Grandi Animali, Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, Lodi 26900, Italy;, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche Veterinarie—Clinica dei Ruminanti e del Suino, Ospedale Veterinario Grandi Animali, Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, Lodi 26900, Italy;, and Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Igiene e SanitàPubblica Veterinaria—Sezione di Anatomia Patologica Veterinaria, Ospedale Veterinario Grandi Animali, Universitàdegli Studi di Milano, Lodi 26900, Italy |
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| Abstract: | The features of a calf with a split cord malformation are described. Clinically, there was severe cervicothoracic kyphoscoliosis and an interscapular dermal sinus associated with cerebrospinal fluid drainage. Using magnetic resonance imaging, complete duplication of the spinal cord at the cervical intumescence was detected. There was associated syringohydromyelia, multiple cervicothoracic vertebral malformations resulting in kyphoscoliosis and rachischisis, herniation of the cerebellar vermis, meningoencephalocele, and calvarial defects. |
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| Keywords: | calf diplomyelia magnetic resonance imaging spinal dysraphism split cord malformation |
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