Myeloschisis. Shunt insertion in newborns with myeloschisis/myelomenigocele and hydrocephalus. Limited dorsal myeloschisis was not associated with infection and dermoid/epidermoid tumors.
Meningomyelocele: when cord tissue extends into the meningocele. Limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM) is a rare form of spina bifida which is characterized by a fibroneural stalk between the inner part of the skin and the spinal cord. What does myeloschisis mean? (Redirected from Myeloschisis).
Myeloschisis: Myeloschisis is the most severe form of spina bifida aperta, an open neural tube defect.
There is a vertebral defect with the characteristic splaying seen in the coronal view.
Show declension of myeloschisis. noun myeloschisis (uncountable). A developmental anomaly characterized by a cleft spinal cord, owing to failure of the neural plate to form a complete neural tube. A borderline increase in fetal neural tube defects (exencephaly and myeloschisis) was observed in the offspring of mice following.