Mielomeningocele cervical. Reporte de caso

Abstract

Myelomeningocele is the most frequent form of spinal dysraphism, it represents a congenital anomaly of posterior neuropore closure and its cervical location is rare. The clinical case of a newborn born at the Perinatal Maternal Institute, who presented cervical myelomeningocele with neurological deterioration from birth and a karyotype with Robertsonian translocation, is presented.