Spinal dysraphisms are lesions that can be identified at ultrasound screening examination from the second trimester of pregnancy, the majority being localized in the lumbosacral region. We present the case of prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of a 18 weeks fetus with cervical open dysraphism, a rare localization of open spinal dysraphisms. The alteration of cerebral normal anatomy was first identi...

Intradural spinal cord teratoma is a very rare tumour that can be associated with dysraphism. The relationship of this lesion to pregnancy is unknown and its occurrence during pregnancy in the thoracic spine has not been previously reported. We report a 19-year-old pregnant woman with spinal dysraphism, who presented with a new onset thoracic myelopathy. The MRI scan showed an intradural, extra...

OBJECTIVE To observe whether microsurgical removal of medullary lipomas and untethering of the medulla is a safe and efficient procedure. METHOD A retrospective study was carried out on 38 patients with medullary lipomas associated with spinal dysraphism who underwent operations between January 1986 and January 2008, at the Neurosurgery Department of the Federal Hospital for State Public Serv...

*Associate Professor, **Resident, Department of Medicine, ***Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, ****Head of Department of Medicine, Sassoon General Hospital, Pune Received: 25.10.2012; Revised: 06.12.2012; Accepted: 27.12.2012 5 year old female , a housewife , presented with gradually progressing paraparesis since 2 yrs. There were no sensory or bowel and bladder symptoms. Tone wa...