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Epidermoid cysts associated with thoracic meningocele
- Source :
- Acta Neurochirurgica. 150:305-309
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2008.
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Abstract
- Intraspinal tumours of cutaneous origin associated with various spinal dysraphisms have been well documented in the literature. However, the metachronous development of intra- and extra-medullary tumours in conjunction with dorsal meningocele is rare. The authors report a patient with a thoracic dorsal meningocele and congenital intradural extramedullary epidermoid tumour. The patient developed an intramedullary epidermoid growth 12 years later. Subtotal resection of the tumour predisposed to a later recurrence. Meningocele is not always an isolated clinical entity but the concurrent occult lesions are usually veiled by the more conspicuous surface anomaly. Thorough magnetic resonance imaging of the whole neural axis helps to identify associated pathologies. Delicate intradural exploration by a microsurgical approach is necessary to achieve appropriate treatment.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Epidermal Cyst
Meningocele
Neurosurgical Procedures
Thoracic Vertebrae
Paraparesis
medicine
Humans
Thoracic Meningocele
Child
Spinal Dysraphism
Neuroradiology
Spinal Neoplasms
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
Interventional radiology
Spinal cord
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Occult
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Urinary Incontinence
medicine.anatomical_structure
Spinal Cord
Back Pain
Thoracic vertebrae
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Neurosurgery
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 09420940 and 00016268
- Volume :
- 150
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Acta Neurochirurgica
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....56ef9220c8aab3ff275b613966050a4c