Split-cord malformation and tethered cord associated with immature teratoma.
METHODS
We report a case of a 12-month-old boy with split-cord malformation, tethered cord, and intradural immature teratoma containing immature nephroblastic tissue. He also had a horseshoe kidney.


RESULTS
Surgical removal of the teratoma and tethered cord resulted in functional improvement of the existing bladder dysfunction.


CONCLUSIONS
To our knowledge, such a case has not been reported before.
Uzüm
Nüket
N
Department of Pathology, Gazi Universitesi School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. nuketuzum@yahoo.com
Dursun
Ayşe
A
Baykaner
Kemali
K
Kurt
Gökhan
G
D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013194:Staining and Labeling / Q000379:methods; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods