In:
Pediatric Neurosurgery, S. Karger AG, Vol. 30, No. 3 ( 1999), p. 140-145
Abstract:
The authors present a patient with diastematomyelia and a spinal intramedullary teratoma, remote from the split cord malformation. A split cord malformation at the L 〈 sub 〉 2 〈 /sub 〉 –L 〈 sub 〉 3 〈 /sub 〉 level was initially discovered during investigations for thoracic congenital scoliosis, and this was treated surgically. The teratoma, which was at the level of the scoliosis, went undiagnosed until neurological deterioration occurred many years later. Surgical removal of the teratoma resulted in return to normal function. The potential for coexisting congenital anomalies at separate levels of the spinal cord must be considered in radiological investigations of a developmental spinal lesion.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1016-2291
,
1423-0305
Language:
English
Publisher:
S. Karger AG
Publication Date:
1999
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1483546-0
