Accessory arm--dysraphism or disparity? Case report

R P Humphreys; K H Manwaring; N C Carroll

doi:10.3171/jns.1991.74.2.0297

Accessory arm--dysraphism or disparity? Case report

J Neurosurg. 1991 Feb;74(2):297-300. doi: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.2.0297.

Authors

R P Humphreys¹, K H Manwaring, N C Carroll

Affiliation

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 1988603
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1991.74.2.0297

Abstract

The case of a 3-month-old infant with an accessory third arm is reported. The extra appendage was attached at the midcervical region and was associated with posterior cervical dysraphism and a cervical cord lipoma. Possible theories of origin are examined.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Arm / abnormalities*
Arm / diagnostic imaging
Arm / surgery
Female
Humans
Infant
Lipoma / complications
Meningomyelocele / complications
Meningomyelocele / surgery
Myelography
Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications
Spinal Dysraphism / complications*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed