title: [A case of cervical intradural extramedullary mature cystic teratoma: diagnosis and management].
abstract: Spinal intradural extramedullary teratoma is a rare condition that develops more commonly in children than in adults. It may be associated with spinal dysraphism. We report an exceptional case of adult-onset intradural extramedullary teratoma of the cervical spinal cord and bulbomedullary junction with no evidence of spinal dysraphism and no history of previous spinal surgery and/or lumbar puncture. The patient was a 38-year-old woman whose chief complaint was progressive installation of a tetraparesis. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a cystic tumor on both sides of the foramen magnum compressing the bulbomedullary junction. The tumor was totally surgically resected. The histopathological diagnosis was a mature teratoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de neurochirurgie, hôpital Ibn Rochd, CHU Annaba, Algeria. mbouaziz@hotmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouaziz
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Haouam
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Laouar
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lankar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery