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Prenatal sonographic diagnosis of diastematomyelia in a diabetic woman |
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| Authors: | Professor A Pachí E Maggi A Giancotti S Forleo G Torregrossa M Roggini C Bosman |
| Institution: | 1. Prenatal Diagnosis Center, IV Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ‘La Sapienza’ University, Rome, Italy;2. Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Department of Paediatric Radiology, ‘La Sapienza’ University, Rome, Italy;3. Prenatal Diagnosis Center, III Department of Pathology, II Department of Human Biopathology, ‘La Sapienza’ University, Rome, Italy |
| Abstract: | Diastematomyelia is a structural anomaly which concerns primarily the spine and secondarily the nervous structures contained in it. A case of early prenatal diagnosis (20th week) by ultrasound of diastematomyelia with associated diplomyelia in a diabetic woman is reported. Radiological and pathological examination of the fetus after therapeutic abortion confirmed the diagnosis. |
| Keywords: | Diastematomyelia Ultrasound Neural tube defects |