Posterior fossa dermoid cysts in association with Klippel-Feil syndrome: report of three cases.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Although the association of spinal lumbosacral dysraphism and congenital spinal dermoid tumors is well known, the association of craniocervical spinal anomalies and posterior fossa dermoids has only been recognized recently. Advances in imaging technology and awareness of the association likely contribute to an increase in recently reported cases.
منابع مشابه
Association of Craniovertebral Junction Anomalies, Klippel-Feil Syndrome, Ruptured Dermoid Cyst and Mirror Movement in One Patient: A Unique Case and Literature Review.
The Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) has been reported to be associated with intracranial neoplasms, most frequently epidermoid or dermoid cysts. To our knowledge, however, patients who present with a posterior fossa dermoid cyst (DC) and KFS are extremely rare with only 24 previously reported cases in the English literature worldwide. Therefore, we present the first report of a patient with a crani...
متن کاملMalignant teratoma in Klippel–Feil syndrome: a case report and review of the literature
INTRODUCTION Klippel-Feil syndrome is characterized by a congenital fusion of cervical vertebrae. Intracranial teratomas are nongerminomatous germ cell tumors and they account for 0.3 to 0.9% of all intracranial tumors. Teratomas with malignant transformation refer to lesions which give rise to malignant cancer of somatic type. The association between tumors of dermoid origin and Klippel-Feil m...
متن کاملConcurrent Klippel-Feil Anomaly, Tethering and Dermoid Cyst Misinterpreted as Pott disease: A Case Report
Klippel-Feil syndrome (KFS) is characterized by the failure in segmentation of two or more vertebrae due to an abnormal division of the mesodermal somites and has been reported to be associated with cardiac and central nervous system anomalies. We report a rare occurrence of concurrent Klippel-Feil anomaly, tethering and dermoid cyst of dorsal spine masquerading Potts’ disease in an eighteen ye...
متن کاملAssociation of posterior fossa dermoid cyst and Klippel-Feil syndrome.
s on the Web American Journal of Psychiatrywww.appi.org /ajp/ajptoc.html Annals of Internal Medicinewww.acponline.org /journals/annals/annaltoc.htm Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngologywww.annals.com/ Journal of Neurosurgerywww.neurosurgery.org /journals/jneuro/summary.html Laryngoscopewww.laryngoscope.com/ Neurosurgerywww.neurosurgery.org /journals/neurosur/summ...
متن کاملPlatybasia and Klippel Feil-syndrome: case report.
A case is presented of a 35-year-old woman diagnosed with platybasia associated with Klippel-Feil syndrome type I. She was admitted to University Department of Neurology for clinical examination because of walking difficulties, dizziness, and intermittent vision disturbances. Neurological examination revealed a predominance of cerebellar symptomatology. Relevant diagnostic work-up included cran...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology
دوره 28 10 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007