Rare combination of spinal lesions and spina bifida occulta: case report.
An infant presented with spina bifida occulta and a rare combination of spinal lesions, consisting of fibrous band with skin tag, lipoma, congenital dermal sinus and arachnoid cyst. The literature concerning the arachnoid cyst in occult spinal dysraphism is reviewed and the embryogenesis of these lesions is discussed.
D001099:Arachnoid; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications*; D009192:Myelography; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*