AUTHOR=Hao Shenshen , Yue Zenan , Yu Xin , Gao Zhenfu , Li Hongke , Liu Shuai , Dong Shengli TITLE=Case report: Type I diastematomyelia with breast abnormalities and clubfoot JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.981069 DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2022.981069 ISSN=2296-875X 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.