Cervico-thoracic lipoma associated with occult syringohydromyelia.
Cutaneous lesions in the midline may be hallmarks of an occult spinal dysraphism. They rarely may occur in the cervical and thoracic regions. We report a 9-year-old girl with a cervico-thoracic lipoma associated with an underlying syringohydromyelia. Early detection of potentially complicated conditions can prevent the occurrence of irreversible neurologic damage.
Rodríguez-Cano
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Department of Dermatology, Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. rbartralots@medynet.com
Bartralot
R
R
García-Patos
V
V
Mollet
J
J
Malagelada
A
A
Castells
A
A
D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D013595:Syringomyelia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae