Diastematomyelia with Two Spurs and Intradural Neural Crest Elements

Diastematomyelia – A 40-Year Experience

“…2a) of bone. Multiple bony spikes have been described [2,3], as has tethering of the conus medullaris with associated lipomas [4], teratomas [5], and myelomeningocele [6]:…”

Split spinal cord malformation

“…An accessory neurenteric canal would also have to lie rostral to the primitive neurenteric canal, because the primitive pit, into which the normal neurenteric canal opens, ultimately comes to lie opposite the coccyx. An accessory neurenteric canal is an attractive hypothesis for the SCM as double SCMs (i.e., one caudal and one rostral) have been reported (Lourie and Bierny, 1970;Gilmore and Batnitzky, 1978). Additionally, pluripotential mesenchyme could condense around the neurenteric canal and produce tissues, such as the bony septations that are seen in the Type II SCM.…”