Combination of caudal myxopapillary ependymoma and dermal sinus: a single shared embryologic lesion?
A female child presenting with acute flaccid paraparesis at 18 months was found to have a dermal sinus in combination with a dermoid cyst and a myxopapillary ependymoma of the cauda equina and conus medullaris. A possible embryologic relation between these lesions is discussed.
Wolf
Nicole I
NI
Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. nicole_wolf@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Harting
Inga
I
Hartmann
Marius
M
Aschoff
Alfred
A
Sommer
Clemens
C
Rating
Dietz
D
Ebinger
Friedrich
F
D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010524:Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery