Intraspinal epidermoid cyst occurring 15 years after lipomyelomeningocele repair. Case report.
The authors report the case of a spinal epidermoid cyst that developed in a patient who had undergone surgery for lipomyelomeningocele repair 15 years earlier. The patient presented with symptoms of retethering. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic intraspinal mass that extended from L-2 to L-5. The mass proved to be an epidermoid cyst. Spinal epidermoid cysts can cause retethering after a repair of lipomyelomeningocele, and the risk of this development can be present for decades.
Song
J H
JH
Department of Neurosurgery, Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Women's University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kim
M H
MH
Shin
K M
KM
D000328:Adult; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008067:Lipoma / Q000601:surgery*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors