Conus medullaris dermoid tumour
Authors report an extremely uncommon case dorsally exophytic conus dermoid in a three- years old boy, who underwent meningocele repair locate at lumbosacral region at an age of one month. The boy presented with low backache and difficulty in passing urine. Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of sp...
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| author | Guru Dutta Satyarthee Ashwini Kumar Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar |
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| description | Authors report an extremely uncommon case dorsally exophytic conus dermoid in a three- years old boy, who underwent meningocele repair locate at lumbosacral region at an age of one month. The boy presented with low backache and difficulty in passing urine. Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of spine revealed presence of a large exophytic mass located dorsally in the conus and the features suggestive of dermoid. He underwent surgical intervention during surgery lesion was dorsally exophytic containing cheesy material with hairs, excision of dermoid along capsule was carried our successfully. Pertinent literature and management of exophytic conus dermoid is discussed briefly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0a1621439f314da9a28fd9ff5b5bf89b2022-12-21T18:12:53ZengLondon Academic PublishingRomanian Neurosurgery1220-88412344-49592017-03-01311Conus medullaris dermoid tumourGuru Dutta SatyartheeAshwini KumarLuis Rafael Moscote-SalazarAuthors report an extremely uncommon case dorsally exophytic conus dermoid in a three- years old boy, who underwent meningocele repair locate at lumbosacral region at an age of one month. The boy presented with low backache and difficulty in passing urine. Magnetic resonance imaging evaluation of spine revealed presence of a large exophytic mass located dorsally in the conus and the features suggestive of dermoid. He underwent surgical intervention during surgery lesion was dorsally exophytic containing cheesy material with hairs, excision of dermoid along capsule was carried our successfully. Pertinent literature and management of exophytic conus dermoid is discussed briefly.https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/977Conus dermoidbarrel gun like massconus massexophyticsignet ring |
| spellingShingle | Guru Dutta Satyarthee Ashwini Kumar Luis Rafael Moscote-Salazar Conus medullaris dermoid tumour Romanian Neurosurgery Conus dermoid barrel gun like mass conus mass exophytic signet ring |
| title | Conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| title_full | Conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| title_fullStr | Conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| title_short | Conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| title_sort | conus medullaris dermoid tumour |
| topic | Conus dermoid barrel gun like mass conus mass exophytic signet ring |
| url | https://www.journals.lapub.co.uk/index.php/roneurosurgery/article/view/977 |
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