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Three cases of lumbosacral meningomyelocele associated with cranium bifidum are reported. The meningomyeloceles were of the neural placode type and the cranium bifidum was an interfrontal encephalo-meningocele in all cases. Two of the patients received ventriculoperitoneal shunts and has evidence of type II Chiari malformation on magnetic resonance imaging. No evidence of a Chiari malformation was revealed in the third patient. We discuss the etiology of the rare coexistence of these two major malformations.
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Anegawa, S., Hayashi, T., Torigoe, R. et al. Meningomyelocele associated with cranium bifidum: rare coexistence of two major malformations. Child's Nerv Syst 9, 278–281 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00306273
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