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Title: | The spinal dermal-sinus-like stalk | Authors: | van Aalst, J. BEULS, Emile Cornips, E. M. J. van Straaten, H. W. M. Boselie, A. F. M. Rijkers, K. Weber, J. W. Vles, J. S. H. |
Issue Date: | 2009 | Publisher: | SPRINGER | Source: | CHILDS NERVOUS SYSTEM, 25(2). p. 191-197 | Abstract: | In this study, a disjunction anomaly mimicking the spinal congenital dermal sinus (DS) is described. This anomaly is referred to as the dermal-sinus-like stalk. Dissimilarities between a true dermal sinus and a dermal-sinus-like stalk are discussed. Three cases in which a spinal congenital dermal sinus was suspected are presented. A similar anatomical configuration, different from that of a dermal sinus, was found. All cases presented with a skin-covered dimple from which a solid tract was seen continuing intramedullary in two cases and intraspinally in one case. None of the patients presented with signs of infection or an associated dermoid-epidermoid tumor. Clinical, radiological, and surgical findings are discussed. A hypothesis is made on the pathological genesis of this malformation. A dermal-sinus-like stalk is a malformation similar to a spinal congenital dermal sinus but is not associated with DS-related complications. Despite important clinical, radiological, surgical, and histopathological differences, it is difficult to distinguish this malformation from a true DS based on clinical and radiological examination alone. Therefore, surgical intervention, at the time of diagnosis, is recommended in all cases. | Notes: | [van Aalst, J.; Beuls, E. A. M.; Cornips, E. M. J.; Boselie, A. F. M.; Rijkers, K.] Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Neurosurg, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands. [Weber, J. W.; Vles, J. S. H.] Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Pediat Neurol, NL-6202 AZ Maastricht, Netherlands. [van Straaten, H. W. M.] Univ Maastricht, Dept Anat Embryol, Maastricht, Netherlands. [Beuls, E. A. M.] Univ Hasselt, Dept Basic Med Sci, Diepenbeek, Belgium. | Keywords: | Congenital dermal sinus; Disjunction anomaly; Spina bifida-tethered cord-dermoid tumor; Epidermoid tumor | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/9119 | ISSN: | 0256-7040 | e-ISSN: | 1433-0350 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00381-008-0669-6 | ISI #: | 000261786900007 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2010 |
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