Fig. 3
a-b: Split cord/diastematomyelia in 15 year old: Axial (a) and sagittal T2-weighted (b) MR images of the lumbar spine reveals an osseous septum (thin arrow on a) dividing the spinal cord into symmetric halves (thick, block arrows on a ). Notice that the cord is low-lying and posteriorly positioned within the spinal canal (thin arrow on b) and contains a syrinx (block arrow on b ). Associated dural ectasia (star on b) is also seen