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The MRI-features of diastematomyelia in a patient with unusually late onset of symptoms are reported. Direct visualization of the split cord and low conus on frontal MR-images was facilitated by three-dimensional Fourier transform (3-DFT) image acquisition.
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Thron, A., Schroth, G. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of diastematomyelia. Neuroradiology 28, 371–372 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333450
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333450