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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2026

Cutaneous stigmata indicative of occult spinal dysraphism in two ancient Roman statues.

Kathleen Bubb, Yoko Tabira, Carmine Antonio Donofrio, Filippo Badaloni, Antonio Fioravanti, Joe Iwanaga, R Shane Tubbs

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Kathleen BubbDivision of Anatomy, Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Yoko TabiraDivision of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Carmine Antonio DonofrioDepartment of Neurosurgery, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
Filippo BadaloniDepartment of Neurosurgery, IRCCS Istituto Delle Scienze Neurologiche Di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Antonio FioravantiDepartment of Neurosurgery, ASST Cremona, Cremona, Italy.
Joe IwanagaDivision of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. iwanagajoeca@gmail.com.
R Shane TubbsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, 131 S. Robertson St., Suite 1300, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.

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Abstract

Symptoms of tethered spinal cord syndrome often present later in life and go undiagnosed due to a lack of appreciation of the associated cutaneous stigmata. This is especially true with occult spinal dysraphism. Here, we report cutaneous signs of occult spinal dysraphism identified in two ancient Roman sculptures. Although the significance of such findings may not have been realized, the association between cutaneous stigmata of the back and underlying malformations involving the spinal cord is now recognized, as such findings are typically imaged to evaluate for spinal cord tethering.

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Roman WorldSpinal DysraphismHistory, AncientHumansAncientAntiquityArtHistorySpina bifida occultaSpine

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PMCPMC13102895

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