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Lower lumber cicatrized myelomeningocele with hypertrichosis.
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On physical examination, she had a cicatrized/epithelialized midline mass in the upper lumber region with hypertrichosis lateral to it, Figure 1.
(a) Axial lumbar MRI T-2 images demonstrating a type 1 split cord malformation with the myelomeningocele attached to the right hemicord. (b) Coronal lumbar MRI T-2 images demonstrating a type 1 split cord malformation with a neurenteric cyst attached to the right hemicord.
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MRI sagittal T2 images revealed a hypointense nonenhancing cystic mass with a low-lying conus, a type 1 spilt cord malformation with a bone spur as per Pang et al. classification, and a myelomeningocele attached to the right hemicord, Figures 2(a) and 2(b).
(a) Type A neurenteric cyst composed of respiratory epithelium with a basement membrane supporting pseudo stratified ciliated columnar epithelium at low magnification. (b) Type A neurenteric cyst composed of respiratory epithelium with a basement membrane supporting pseudo stratified ciliated columnar epithelium at high magnification.
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