ARE DERMOID AND EPIDERMOID TUMORS PREVENTABLE COMPLICATIONS OF MYELOMENINGOCELE REPAIR

Authors
STORRS BB
Citation
Bb. Storrs, ARE DERMOID AND EPIDERMOID TUMORS PREVENTABLE COMPLICATIONS OF MYELOMENINGOCELE REPAIR, Pediatric neurosurgery, 20(2), 1994, pp. 160-162
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,Neurosciences,Surgery
Journal title
Pediatric neurosurgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
10162291
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
160 - 162
Database
ISI
SICI code
1016-2291(1994)20:2<160:ADAETP>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Dermoids and epidermoids found at reoperation for tethered cord follow ing myelomeningocele repair have been attributed to inadequate excisio n of cutaneous elements and 'implantation' in the repair site. This st udy reviews the pathological findings in excised placodes from fresh m yelomeningoceles and specimens from tethered cord release and conclude s that hamartomatous lesions are a common feature of the myelodysplast ic sequence.