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- Title
Lumbo-costovertebral syndrome with diastematomyelia.
- Authors
Şenel, Emrah; Tiryaki, Tuğrul; Atayurt, Halil; Cansu, Ayşegül; Güç, Tevfik
- Abstract
The article presents a case of a 14-month-old girl diagnosed with congenital lumbar hernia, the rarest type of abdominal wall hernias in children. It describes the association of such disease to costal defects, congenital lumbar herniation, and vertebral anomalies. Further, it discusses lumbo-costovertebral syndrome with diastematomyelia and surgical repair difficulties.
- Subjects
INTERNAL abdominal hernia; LUMBAR vertebrae abnormalities; SPINE abnormalities; ABDOMINAL pain in children; ABDOMINAL wall abnormalities
- Publication
Pediatrics International, 2008, Vol 50, Issue 4, p600
- ISSN
1328-8067
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1442-200X.2008.02676.x