Zur Frage der Diplomyelie

Dominok, G

doi:10.1007/bf00244417

Cited by 7 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 3 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…of cases examined post mortem Emery, personal communication cited by Druckworth, Sharrard, List and Seymour, 1968). The so-called lateral DM is frequent, whereas the antero-posterior DM appears to be rare and only four cases are described in the literature (Dominok, 1962). Coincidence of both types in the same cases is rare and case I is most likely to be the first reported in the literature.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…According to Dominok (1962) three synonyms were used in the original description : diastematomyelia, hemidydemia and diplomyelia. The term diastematomyelia is preferred (Lichtenstein, 1940) as the malformation is not a true duplicity but a diastasis of one spinal cord into two parts.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dareste (1839, cited by Brocklehurst, 1971) supposed that it was caused by amniotic adhesions, an idea which was later rejected (Hennenberg and Westenhoefer, 1913;Feller and Sternberg, 1934). Koch (1881, cited by Dominok, 1962) and Schneiderling (1938) concluded that the neural plate did not close to form a single neural tube, but instead each half of the neural plate closed separately. Koch (1881) and Pick (1 889) suggested that DM might develop after closure of the neural tube by formation of a mediosagittal septum.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Pathogenesis of diastematomyelia and spina bifida

Rokos

1975

The Journal of Pathology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Three cases of spina bifida (SB) associated with diastematomyelia (DM) are described and possible differences in pathogenesis are discussed. The frequent simultaneous occurrence of both malformations and the possibility that the cord can be split above, at the level of or below the SB indicate a common pathogenesis for SB and DM. Splitting of the cord symmetrically, asymmetrically, bilateraly or even antero-posteriorly can be explained only by the existence of a destructive phenomenon which is responsible for the bifurcation of the neural tube or its anlage. The existence of such a phenomenon indicates that myelocele can develop due to re-opening of a previously closed neural tube. Meningocele may be a manifestation of early embryonic antero-posterior DM in which the anterior tubule develops into an almost normal spinal cord, whereas the posterior tubule provides the wall of the cystic sac of meningocele in which most or all the neural tissue undergoes fibrous replacement.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 97%

mentioning

confidence: 99%