Publication: A case of split notochord syndrome: Presenting with respiratory failure in the neonatal period
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2016
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International Advancement Center for Medicine and Health Research [email protected]
Abstract
Split notochord syndrome (SNS) is a very rare congenital anomaly. This report describes a male newborn with a neuroenteric cyst in the posterior mediastinum and multiple vertebrae anomalies presenting with respiratory failure and pulmonary hypertension. This report also discusses the embryological development and the etiologic theories of SNS. © 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.