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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2003

Nicole I Wolf ,
Inga Harting ,
Marius Hartmann ,
Alfred Aschoff ,
Clemens Sommer ,
Dietz Rating  and
Friedrich Ebinger
Nicole I Wolf
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Inga Harting
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marius Hartmann
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Alfred Aschoff
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Clemens Sommer
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Dietz Rating
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
Friedrich Ebinger
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
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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.

Type
Case Report
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Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology , Volume 45 , Issue 8 , August 2003 , pp. 568 - 570
Copyright
© 2003 Mac Keith Press

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