title: An unusual cutaneous lesion as the presenting sign of spinal dysraphism in a preterm infant.
abstract: We present a preterm female infant with an unusual vascular nevus on the lumbosacral and gluteal regions. Our clinical diagnosis was probable twin nevus, with a blanched nevus adjacent to a telangiectatic nevus, later complicated by ulceration. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbosacral region revealed that her conus medullaris level was at L4 and the spinal cord was tethered by an intraspinal lipoma, without evidence of a hemangioma. We could not find any literature reporting the association of twin nevus with spinal dysraphism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, 35340 Inciralti/Izmir, Turkey. mansurtali@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M Mansur
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Tatli
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumral
authors.forename: Nuray
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Duman
authors.forename: Sebnem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozkan
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009506:Nevus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology