Dev Med Child Neurol

Uterine didelphys and occult spinal dysraphism: an unusual case.

Wong EY.
Women's Health Care Center, Department of Medicine, University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle 98105, USA.
This report describes a case of uterine didelphys, lipomeningocele, meatal stenosis, and inguinal hernia presenting in a single individual. This unusual group of birth defects suggests a common mechanism of malformation in tailbud maturation which involves both the mullerian duct and the distal spinal cord.