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Spina bifida occulta

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis certain
x-ray

Failure of fusion of the posterior sacral elements. L5 paraspinous cleft. 

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Failure of fusion of the posterior sacral elements. L5 paraspinous cleft. 

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