title: Combination of caudal myxopapillary ependymoma and dermal sinus: a single shared embryologic lesion?
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany. nicole_wolf@med.uni-heidelberg.de
authors.forename: Nicole I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Harting
authors.forename: Marius
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aschoff
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Dietz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rating
authors.forename: Friedrich
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ebinger
mesh_terms: 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