Combination of caudal myxopapillary ependymoma and dermal sinus: a single shared embryologic lesion?

Dev Med Child Neurol. 2003 Aug;45(8):568-70. doi: 10.1017/s0012162203001038.

Abstract

A female child presenting with acute flaccid paraparesis at 18 months was found to have a dermal sinus in combination with a dermoid cyst and a myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina and conus medullaris. A possible embryologic relation between these lesions is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cauda Equina / pathology*
  • Cauda Equina / surgery
  • Ependymoma / complications*
  • Ependymoma / pathology*
  • Ependymoma / surgery
  • Female
  • Fetal Diseases*
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / etiology*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / pathology*
  • Nerve Compression Syndromes / surgery
  • Paraplegia / diagnosis
  • Paraplegia / etiology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / complications*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / surgery
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / complications*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / pathology*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery