title: Congenital cranial and spinal dermal sinuses: a report of 3 cases.
abstract: Three cases of congenital dermal sinus are presented--2 female and 1 male. Frontal, thoracic, and lumbosacral congenital dermal sinuses were explored. All patients presented with skin findings, but no neurologic deficits. The case with frontal localization was associated with a corpus callosum lipoma and dermoid tumor, and the patient presented with recurrent meningitis. The case with sacral localization was associated with an epidermoid tumor. Morphogenetic, clinical, and radiologic aspects of these cases are discussed. The midline should be carefully examined whenever a child suffers from meningitis. Dermal sinus tracts should be excised prophylactically.
authors.affiliation: Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erdal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kalkan
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karabagli
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Karabagli
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baysefer
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003337:Corpus Callosum; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications; D012008:Recurrence; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis