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case_images: X-ray lumbar spine, anteroposterior view showing spina bifida with partial sacral agenesis
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case_images: X-ray of the lumbosacral spine revealed the presence of spina bifida with agenesis of lower sacral and coccygeal segments [Figure 1].
case_images: X-ray cervical spine, lateral view showing C2-C3 block vertebrae
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case_images: X-ray of the cervical spine showed fusion of C2 and C3 spinous process [Figure 2], and lumbosacral spine magnetic resonance imaging sagittal section, T1-weighted image showed the presence of the low-lying conus lying at the L4 vertebra level with tethering with lipoma and associated agenesis of the lower sacral and coccygeal segments [Figure 3].
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging, T2-weighted image showing low-lying tethered cord at L4 vertebra with sacral agenesis
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case_images: X-ray of the cervical spine showed fusion of C2 and C3 spinous process [Figure 2], and lumbosacral spine magnetic resonance imaging sagittal section, T1-weighted image showed the presence of the low-lying conus lying at the L4 vertebra level with tethering with lipoma and associated agenesis of the lower sacral and coccygeal segments [Figure 3].
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging lumbosacral spine, axial section, T1-weighted image showing conus tethering at the previous surgical exploration site
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case_images: T2-weighted coronal section magnetic resonance image revealed Type II split cord malformation with split extending from D11 vertebrae to L4 vertebrae [Figures 4 and 5].
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging axial section, T2-weighted image showing presence of Type-II split cord malformation with two neural tubes lying in the single dural sheath
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case_images: T2-weighted coronal section magnetic resonance image revealed Type II split cord malformation with split extending from D11 vertebrae to L4 vertebrae [Figures 4 and 5].