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First trimester diagnosis of cervico-thoracic diastematomyelia and diplomyelia using three-dimensional ultrasound

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Background

Diastematomyelia and diplomyelia are rare form of spinal cord malformations (SCM) characterized by sagittal cleft in the spinal cord, conus medullaris, and/or filum terminale with splaying of the posterior vertebral elements and duplication of the spinal cord into two twin cords. Prenatal diagnosis of these diseases by two-dimensional ultrasound has been reported usually late in pregnancy and only recently in the first trimester.

Objective

We describe the first case of cervico-thoracic diastematomyelia and diplomyelia diagnosed early in pregnancy using three-dimensional ultrasound.

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  1. Preconceptional and Prenatal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IRCCS Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Mario Lituania

  2. Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, AUSL Reggio Emilia, Guastalla Civil Hospital, Reggio Emilia, Italy

    Gabriele Tonni

  3. Department of Obstetrics, Paulista School of Medicine - Federal University of São Paulo (EPM-UNIFESP), Rua Belchior de Azevedo, 156 apto. 111 Torre Vitoria, São Paulo, SP, CEP 05089-030, Brazil

    Edward Araujo Júnior

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Lituania, M., Tonni, G. & Araujo Júnior, E. First trimester diagnosis of cervico-thoracic diastematomyelia and diplomyelia using three-dimensional ultrasound. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 2245–2248 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2926-9

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