Abstract

Background: Duplication of spine is a rare abnormality. Additional vertebral deformities and severe neurovascular, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal system abnormalities coexist in the majority of the cases.Design: Case report.Findings: A 44-year-old asymptomatic man was found to have double vertebral and double dural abnormalities of the lumbar spine as an incidental radiographic finding. Unlike most people with split cord malformations, this patient had no neurologic symptomatology or any other systemic abnormality.Conclusion: In our search of the literature, we did not find another case in a person of this age without any concomitant abnormalities.

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