Congenital cervical dermal sinus tract caused tethered cord syndrome in an adult: a case report
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Conflicting diagnosis of dermal sinus tract and tethered cord.
spinal dysraphism that is attributed to incomplete neural tube closure during fetal development. Dermal sinus tracts are found along the midline neuroaxis from the nasion to the coccyx, but they most commonly appear in the lumbar region.1 Dermal sinus tracts are more commonly associated with other developmental abnormalities such as skin tags, naevi, spinal dermoid cysts, meningocoele, lipomas ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord Series and Cases
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2058-6124
DOI: 10.1038/scsandc.2015.21