Ruptured occipitocervical teratoma mimicking an upper cervical myelomeningocele. Case report.
Occipitocervical teratoma is an extremely rare condition, and only a few cases have been reported. The authors report on a neonate who harbored a ruptured posterior midline occipitocervical lesion that mimicked an upper cervical myelomeningocele, although the pathological findings were diagnostic of teratoma.
Dadmehr
Majid
M
Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Nejat
Farideh
F
Ansari
Saeed
S
Habibi
Zohreh
Z
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006258:Head and Neck Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*