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| Year : 2013 | Volume
: 8
| Issue : 3 | Page : 201-203 |
Congenital dermal sinus in mid-dorsal spine with large intramedullary dermoid cyst in an 18-months-old child
Ranjan K Sahoo1, Pradipta Tripathy2, Debahuti Mohapatra3, Sureswar Mohanty2
1 Department of Radiology, Institute of Medical Science and SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
2 Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Science and SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
3 Department of Pathology, Institute of Medical Science and SUM Hospital, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India
Correspondence Address:
Pradipta Tripathy
Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Medical Science and SUM Hospital, Sector-8, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha
India
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.123663
Intramedullary dermoid cyst is a rare entity. It is usually associated with spinal dysraphism and dermal sinus. Our case is an 18-months-old female child who presented with history of fever and mild difficulty in moving left leg. She had a sinus in mid dorsal spine since birth with history of intermittent discharge from it. On magnetic resonance imaging of spine she was diagnosed to have large intramedullary epidermoid/dermoid cyst in the D2-7 vertebral level with a sinus tract. A dermoid cyst along with the sinus tract was excised. Post-operative follow up period was uneventful with full recovery.
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