OBJECTIVE: To illustrate the clinical and radiological findings of @entity602 ( @entity602 ) in @entity1 with @entity601 ( @entity601 ), and report the outcome of their treatment. METHODS: A retrospective study of the clinical and radiological findings of 11 @entity1 diagnosed with @entity602 , identified among 83 @entity1 with @entity601 at King Khalid University Hospital, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia between 1995 and 2010. RESULTS: There were 6 @entity1 and 5 @entity1 ; their age ranged from less than a year to 9 years (mean 4.2 years). Six @entity1 had type I @entity602 , and 5 @entity1 type II @entity602 . The CT and MRI imaging showed characteristic bony, cartilaginous, or fibrous septum, and other @entity601 -associated anomalies. Seven @entity1 were graded A _ B according to the Frankel grading score, and none of them required surgery, while worsening neurology led to surgical intervention in 3 @entity1 , with clinical improvement after surgery, and one @entity1 that underwent cord untethering remained stable. CONCLUSION: @entity602 is not uncommon among @entity1 with @entity601 . It tends to involve mainly the lumbar spine, and female predominance is more remarkable in type I. Neurological manifestations of @entity602 may be superimposed with @entity601 . Surgery is effective for symptomatic @entity1 , and not indicated in the severely disabled.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'girls', 'boys'] @entity602 :: ('MESH:D013118', 'Disease') :: ['split cord malformation', 'SCM', 'Split cord malformation'] @entity601 :: ('MESH:D009436', 'Disease') :: ['spinal open neural tube defect', 'SONTD']
@entity602 :: (MESH:D013118,Disease) :: ['Split cord malformation']
