Diastematomyelia and intramedullary epidermoid spinal cord tumor combined with extradural teratoma in an adult. Case report.
Diastematomyelia is rarely diagnosed in the adult. Only a few such cases have been reported in the literature. A 26-year-old Mexican man with lumbar diastematomyelia is reported who also harbored a T-12 intramedullary epidermoid tumor and an extradural teratoma located in the dorsal aspect of the dural sac opposite L-4. These three rare coincidental lesions were removed at surgery. The patient's condition improved.
D000328:Adult; D004388:Dura Mater; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009192:Myelography; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013131:Spine / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed