Case report: Type I diastematomyelia with breast abnormalities and clubfoot

Shenshen Hao; Zenan Yue; Xin Yu; Zhenfu Gao; Hongke Li; Shuai Liu; Shengli Dong

doi:10.3389/fsurg.2022.981069

Case report: Type I diastematomyelia with breast abnormalities and clubfoot

Front Surg. 2022 Sep 7:9:981069. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2022.981069. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Shenshen Hao¹, Zenan Yue², Xin Yu¹, Zhenfu Gao¹, Hongke Li¹, Shuai Liu¹, Shengli Dong¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Spine and Bone Oncology, General Hospital of Pingmei Shenma Medical Group, Pingdingshan, China.
² Theoretical Research Office, Party School of the CPC Pingdingshan Municipal Committee, Pingdingshan, China.

Abstract

Background: Diastematomyelia is a rare congenital spinal cord malformation, classified as type I or type II, with over half of the cases considered type I. However, type I diastematomyelia with breast abnormality and clubfoot is extremely rare in clinical practice.

Case presentation: We admitted an 18-year-old female patient with type I diastematomyelia with breast abnormalities and clubfoot. She was underwent surgical treatment. After the surgical removal of the pressure-causing bone spur, the weakness of the right lower limb was significantly relieved. During the 22-month follow-up, there was no complication and no recurrence.

Conclusion: Surgical removal of the pressure-causing bone spur can relieve symptoms in the lower limbs. However, further research is warranted to explore the breast abnormalities in patients with diastematomyelia.

Keywords: breast abnormalities; case report; clubfoot; diastematomyelia; surgery.

Publication types

Case Reports