The authors describe a patient aged 22 years in whom a developmental anomaly was found with fusion of the vertebral bodies C4 through C6, posterior spina bifida from C5 through Th1 and meningocele at the level C4 through C7. The meningocele was removed surgically. The case illustrates an integral connection between this set of anomalies and the malformations from the group of dysraphism.
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