diastematomyelia
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Diastematomyelia

What is Diastematomyelia? Diastematomyelia, also called a split cord malformation, leads to a variety of spinal dysraphism (spina bifida occulta) when there is a longitudinal separation in the spinal cord. Women are involved much more generally than men. This disease happens in the presence of a cartilaginous, osseous, or fibrous septum in the central part…