title: Lateral lower thoracic lipomyelomeningocele: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Lipomyelomeningocele is a form of the spina bifida occulta, which show differentiation from spina bifida aperta by pathogenesis. Laterally located thoracal lipomyelomeningocele is very rare congenital spinal pathology. The clinical presentation may be soft tissue mass, sensorial-motor loss and/or bladder dysfunction.
  
  
  METHODS
  Here we presented a 10-month-old girl patient harboring lipomyelomeningocele in left lateral side of the lower thoracal region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We have not found the entity of lateral lower thoracal lipomyelomeningocele and especially as large as this size mass at ages of our patient in the literature. We operated our patient for the possible emerging complications and purposed prevention of these complications with this intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery Elazig, Firat Universitesi Tip Fakultesi, Firat Tip Merkezi, Beyin Cerrahi Klinigi, 23200, Elazig Turkey. fserol@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Fatih Serhat
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Erol
authors.forename: Necati
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ucler
authors.forename: Huseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yakar