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Spinal segmental dysgenesis is a complex closed dysraphism. The diagnostic criteria are: lumbar or thoracolumbar vertebral dysgenesis causing kyphosis, focal spinal cord narrowing without exiting roots, deformity of the lower limbs and paraplegia or paraparesis. We present a newborn who showed atypical features of bifocal spinal cord narrowing, without any vertebral abnormality at the proximal level. This seems to be a variant of this rare entity, whose early diagnosis is important, as surgical stabilisation of the spine is required.
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Zana, E., Chalard, F., Mazda, K. et al. An atypical case of segmental spinal dysgenesis. Pediatr Radiol 35, 914–917 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-1483-x
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