Scimitar sacrum.
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A 48-year-old male patient with diabetes mellitus and retinitis pigmentosa was admitted with complaints of weakness of both lower limbs and urinary incontinence of 1year duration. Fundoscopy was suggestive of retinitis pigmentosa. On admission, the power in the legs was about Grade 2. Plain X-ray showed a sickle-shaped defect of the sacrum scimitar sacrum (Figure 1). MRI showed an anterior presacral meningocele with scalloping and dehiscence
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Neurology India
دوره 52 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004