A Sacral Mass in a Newborn: A Variant of Type II Diastematomyelia with Triple Splitting of the Cord
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Babygram (a) and magnified chest area (b) and pelvic area (c); there is abnormal orientation of the ribs with splitting of right 5th and 6th ribs and absent posterior part of right 7th rib with marked splaying and spacing between 6th, 7th, and 8th ribs. Partial agenesis of the sacrum (lower segments) more involving the left side of the sacrum with associated deformity of adjacent left iliac bone and SI articulation, widening of interpedicular distance of lower dorsal and lumbar spines; no other skeletal abnormality identified.
