title: Diastematomyelia associated with ectopic dysplastic renal tissue--report of a rare case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Presence of heterotopic dysplastic renal tissue in the lumbosacral region is an extremely uncommon condition.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the first case of diastematomyelia associated with ectopic renal tissue. A 10-month-old male child presented with lipomeningomyelocele associated with spina bifida in the lumbosacral region, and the lipoma was excised. Imaging of the spine at 5 years of age showed spina bifida, bony diastematomyelia, lipomeningomyelocele and a small intraspinal cystic lesion. The boy was then operated upon at the age of 5 years, and histopathological examination of the cystic lesion revealed ectopic dysplastic renal tissue.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, All India Institute of Medicial Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Mehta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sarkar
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007668:Kidney; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis