Conus medullaris dermoid tumour. Uncommon presentation of conus medullaris dermoid as an exophytic mass lesion
| Autor: | Guru Dutta Satyarthee, Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar, Ashwini Kumar |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
signet ring
medicine.medical_specialty Mass/lesion conus mass animal structures business.industry exophytic General Medicine Dermoid tumour Conus dermoid lcsh:RC346-429 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Conus medullaris 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Radiology Neurosurgery Presentation (obstetrics) business barrel gun like mass 030217 neurology & neurosurgery lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system |
| Zdroj: | Romanian Neurosurgery, Vol 31, Iss 1, Pp 97-100 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 2344-4959 1220-8841 |
| Popis: | Authors report an extremely uncommon case dorsally exophytic conus dermoid in a three-years old boy, who underwent meningocele repair locate at lumbosacral region at an age of one month. The boy presented with low backache and difficulty in passing urine. Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of spine revealed presence of a large exophytic mass located dorsally in the conus and the features suggestive of dermoid. He underwent surgical intervention during surgery lesion was dorsally exophytic containing cheesy material with hairs, excision of dermoid along capsule was carried our successfully. Pertinent literature and management of exophytic conus dermoid is discussed briefly. |
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