Diastematomyelia associated with ectopic dysplastic renal tissue--report of a rare case.
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.
Sharma
M C
MC
Department of Neuropathology, All India Institute of Medicial Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Arora
R
R
Sharma
P
P
Mehta
V S
VS
Sarkar
C
C
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