title: Unusual spinal teratoma with an accessory penis on the back.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Spinal teratomas are extremely rare tumours, and their association with split cord malformation is even rarer.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case report of an infant with a large teratoma with a lipomyelomeningocele along with a split cord malformation and with an unusual accessory penis and scrotum on the back over the swelling. This, to our knowledge, is the first such case reported in the English literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, C.N. Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, 110029 New Delhi, India. svaishya@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaishya
authors.forename: Paritosh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pandey
mesh_terms: D002828:Choristoma; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D010413:Penis; D012611:Scrotum; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery