title: Dermal sinus with dermoid cyst in the upper cervical spine: case note.
abstract: We describe a 5 year-old girl who had a skin dimple of the back of her upper neck. MRI showed a dermal sinus tract in the upper cervical spine, associated with an intramedullary dermoid cyst at C 2-3, and spina bifida. A laminectomy was performed, the dermoid cyst and the sinus tract were completely removed. This congenital complex is very rare.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, and School of Medicine, China Medical College, China Medical College Hospital, No. 2 Yuh-Der Road, 407 Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China. wcshen@ficnet.net
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery