title: A case of spinal immature teratoma.
abstract: We report a rare case of intradural immature teratoma in 2-year-old girl, interesting conus medullaris to sacrum, worsening neurological deficits. The neoplasm discovered by magnetic resonance imaging, was completely resected. We describe the clinical, radiological and pathological findings of this tumor with a review of the Literature and we insist in the difficulty of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Anatomie et de Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Farhat Hached Hached, Sousse, Tunisie.
authors.forename: Amel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trabelsi
authors.forename: Thouraya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Achaach
authors.forename: Leila
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Belaïd
authors.forename: Wided
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stita
authors.forename: Mohamed Tahar
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Yacoubi
authors.forename: Moncef
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mokni
authors.forename: Hedi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Krifa
authors.forename: Sadok
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korbi
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery