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“High spinal” (cervical and upper thoracic) dysrhaphism usually involves either a meningocele or a dermal sinus tract. These high spinal lesions can have a complex intradural anatomy at the level of the lesion (as this case reports) and are associated with an increased incidence of lower spinal occult dysrhaphic anomalies. It is therefore recommended that patients with “high spinal” dysrhaphism undergo radiological evaluation of the entire spine to identify those patients with intradural anomalies, define the anatomy for surgery, and investigate the lower spine for associated occult anomalies.
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Vogter, D.M., Culberson, J.L., Schochet, S.S. et al. “High spinal” dysrhaphism. Acta neurochir 84, 136–139 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01418839
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