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Diastematomyelia in a 3-year-old girl
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A 3-year-old girl was referred to our paediatrics department with a hairy patch over her lower spine (figure 1).
Figure 1
A colour photo showing the girl’s hairy patch over her lower spine. Note the surgical scar from a L2/3 laminectomy and removal of a bony spur and opening up of the separate dural linings to each hemicord. Postoperatively, no mobilisation, bowel or bladder issues.
There was a hairy patch encompassing the lumbar spine in the midline, her right leg …
Footnotes
Contributors Article written by AGMcN with support from SJ. Image selection and interpretation by CR-H.
Competing interests None declared.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.