title: Split-cord malformation and tethered cord associated with immature teratoma.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Gazi Universitesi School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. nuketuzum@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nüket
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Uzüm
authors.forename: Ayşe
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dursun
authors.forename: Kemali
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Baykaner
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kurt
mesh_terms: 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