title: Occult spinal dysraphism and Pacinian hamartomas.
abstract: METHODS
  The authors report two patients with occult spinal dysraphism who, following histological analysis, were found to harbor associated Pacinian hamartomas. One patient's hamartoma was found in conjunction with their lipomyelomeningocele and the other was combined with a presacral myxopapillary ependymoma associated with a fatty filum terminale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We review the literature and believe this to be only the third report of Pacinian hamartomas in association with occult spinal dysraphism. Although Pacinian hamartomas are seemingly rare in conjunction with occult spinal dysraphism, mesodermal elements are often found in this disease entity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. richard.tubbs@ccc.uab.edu
authors.forename: R Shane
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Tubbs
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.forename: Elizabeth C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Mroczek-Musulman
authors.forename: W Jerry
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Oakes
mesh_terms: D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications*; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications*