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CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology
Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology 3/2009

01-05-2009 | Letter to the Editor

Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in a Patient with Type I Split Cord Malformation (Diastematomyelia)

Authors: Jose Carlos Méndez, María Antonia Prieto, Carlos Lanciego

Published in: CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology | Issue 3/2009

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Split spinal cord malformations (SCMs) typically present in childhood and are rarely diagnosed in adults. We report a rare case of split cord malformation in a woman of advanced age with low back pain secondary to a vertebral compression fracture, which was relieved by percutaneous vertebroplasty. …
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Metadata
Title
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty in a Patient with Type I Split Cord Malformation (Diastematomyelia)
Authors
Jose Carlos Méndez
María Antonia Prieto
Carlos Lanciego
Publication date
01-05-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology / Issue 3/2009
Print ISSN: 0174-1551
Electronic ISSN: 1432-086X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-009-9560-4

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