title: Mature spinal teratoma associated with thickened filum terminale.
abstract: A 30-year-old man presented with an intradural spinal teratoma with thickened filum terminale manifesting as urinary and sexual disturbances, and low back pain persisting for 4 years. Spinal magnetic resonance imaging revealed thickened filum terminale containing a heterogeneously enhanced intradural lesion extending from the L-3 to L-4 levels and in contact with the conus medullaris. The filum terminale was incised and the tumor was totally resected. The histological diagnosis was mature teratoma consisting of three germ cell layers. The patient's complaints had completely resolved 6 months later.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Inönü University School of Medicine. atesozkan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Ozkan
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ates
authors.forename: Süleyman R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cayli
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Koçak
authors.forename: Alpay
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alkan
authors.forename: Cagatay
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Onal
authors.forename: Ufuk
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Usta
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002420:Cauda Equina / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery