Spinal teratoma with pulmonary differentiation: a report of rare case and review of literature.
The occurrence of intradural spinal teratomas in association with spinal dysraphism is uncommon and even rarer is pulmonary differentiation in a teratoma. We report a case of spinal dysraphism, duplication of lumbosacral spine, split cord malformation (SCM I), and meningomyelocele in an 8-month-old child. Excision of meningomyelocele and detethering of cord was done. Pathologic examination revealed a mature teratoma with pulmonary differentiation. To the best of our knowledge this is the second case of spinal teratoma with pulmonary differentiation.
Jain
Deepali
D
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Sharma
Mehar C
MC
Sarkar
Chitra
C
Rishi
Arvind
A
Suri
Vaishali
V
Garg
Ajay
A
Mahapatra
Ashok Kumar
AK
D004863:Equinus Deformity / Q000151:congenital; D005532:Foot Deformities, Congenital; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008067:Lipoma / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000473:pathology; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016135:Spinal Dysraphism / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery