Abstract
Interesting clinical pictures of two cases with intra-spinal anomalies inciuding diastematomyelia were presented.
Case 1, 7 years old girl, had complained of the foot deformity and anal atresia. From the radiographical and the surgical findings, she proved to have partial diastematomyelia, lumbosacral vertebral anomalies and sacral agenesis. The conus medullaris was located at the sacral level.
Case 2, 1 year old girl, complaining congenital scoliosis. The presice radiographic investigation suggested diastematomyela at L3-L5. The surgical procedure demonstrated a bony septum dividing the dural tube and a lipoma in the right 51 root.
The necessity to prevent the development of the neurological disorders by early detection was emphasised.
