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MR of multiple intraspinal abscesses associated with congenital dermal sinus.
We describe the MR features in a case of multiple intraspinal abscesses involving almost the whole of the spinal cord in a 3-year-old child. The presence of a dermal sinus helped us in the preoperative diagnosis.
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OBJECTIVE Dermal sinus tracts are an uncommon form of spinal dysraphism often presenting in childhood with skin findings, neurologic deficit, or infection. We reviewed our surgical experience, examining presenting symptomatology, operative findings, and patient outcomes. METHODS A retrospective analysis of operated dermal sinus tract cases by the senior author (A.H.M.) from 1970 to present wa...
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INTRODUCTION Dermal sinus tracts are rare congenital lesions located in the midline characterized by a cutaneous pit or dimple. They occur all along the midline neuroaxis, from the nasion and occipital area down to the lumbar and sacral regions, most frequently in the lumbar and lumbosacral region. CASE PRESENTATION Here we report a 5-year-old girl who presented with occasional headache. Ther...
متن کاملCoccygeal pits.
BACKGROUND Congenital dermal sinuses represent cutaneous depressions or tracts that are lined by stratified squamous epithelium. They communicate between the surface of the skin and deeper structures and may occur anywhere along the craniospinal axis. These sinuses are thought to result from abnormal separation of the cutaneous and neural ectoderm between the third and fifth week of intrauterin...
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A female neonate, with neurological signs and leucocytosis in sterile spinal fluid, was found to have anomalies of the upper thoracic vertebral bodies with a bony spur indicating diastematomyelia. The spur was removed, but symptoms recurred. Necropsy at the age of 5 months revealed an intraspinal gastroenterogenous cyst containing a perforated peptic ulcer. Analysis of eight previous reports of...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Surgery
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0914-6024,1880-9359
DOI: 10.2531/spinalsurg.7.138