title: Posterior fossa dermoid with Klippel-Feil syndrome in a child.
abstract: Intracranial dermoid tumors constitute a rare entity. Their association with Klippel-Feil anomaly is all the more rare. These lesions, if associated with dermal sinuses, receive attention when a patient presents with features of central nervous system infection. We describe a 5-year-old girl who presented with purulent discharge from an occipital dermal sinus with an infected posterior fossa dermoid associated with cerebellar abscesses and characteristic Klippel-Feil anomaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Kashmir, India.
authors.forename: Altaf
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramzan
authors.forename: Nayil
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khursheed
authors.forename: Makhdoomi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rumana
authors.forename: Wani
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Abrar
authors.forename: Jain
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ashish
mesh_terms: D002531:Cerebellum / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003392:Cranial Sinuses / Q000473:pathology; D003399:Craniotomy; D003884:Dermoid Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015192:Infratentorial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology*; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed