Limited Dorsal Myeloschisis Case Series and Review for Prenatal Diagnosis

Eight cases of a rare spinal condition diagnosed in 2024 highlight a major prenatal diagnostic challenge. The data includes clinical, imaging, surgical, and histopathological details from a single hospital. This supplementary material was authored by figshare admin karger and published on figshare in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing misdiagnosis patterns between LDM and myelomeningocele based on prenatal imaging descriptions.
• Reviewing clinical outcomes for prenatal versus postnatal surgical intervention based on the case series.
• Studying the association of Chiari II malformation and ventriculomegaly with saccular LDM based on reported patient findings.

Strengths

• Includes eight detailed clinical cases with histopathological confirmation for seven.
• Data covers multiple modalities: clinical, imaging, surgical, and histopathological.
• Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

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• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 227.8 KB size indicates a very limited scope, likely a single document.

Provenance

Source

Dr. Franco Ravera Zunino Hospital

Collection Method

Retrospective case series analysis and scoping review.

Time Range

Cases diagnosed in 2024.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-16 11:55:15; freshness should be verified.