Cutaneous stigmata of occult spinal dysraphism.
We describe a 4-year-old Hispanic boy with a dermal pit and an overlying macular vascular malformation in the lumbosacral area. Magnetic resonance imaging of the region revealed an intraspinal lesion at L1-L2. A fibrous tract was excised. A benign lipoma intrinsic to the roots of the cauda equina was noted at surgery. The cutaneous stigmata of occult spinal dysraphisms are reviewed.
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Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Medical School, Denver.
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George
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000209:etiology*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*