Myelocele

• Etiology:
  — Schisis = split
  — Similar embryology to myelomeningocele with failure of closure of posterior neural tube
  — Neural placode is flush with the skin surface
• Imaging MRI:
  — Opening directly onto spinal canal
  — Flattened spinal cord with no covering
  — Subarachnoid space is not expanded
  — Neural placode remains within the confines of the dysraphic spinal canal
• DDX:
• Complications:
• Treatment:
• Clinical:
  — Overt not skin covered spinal dysraphism
  — Most severe spinal dysraphism

Radiology Cases of Myelocele