Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society

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Sacrococcygeal Teratoma with Split Spinal Cord Malformation

  • Park, Jong-Tae (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Dae-Won (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Tae-Young (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Moon (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University)
  • Published : 2007.01.30
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Abstract

The incidence of diastematomyelia associated with teratoma is extremely rare. We present a case of sacrococcygeal teratoma in a neonate with split spinal cord malformation[SSCM]. Magnetic resonance imaging[MRI] showed a heterogenous mass lesion with cyst in the sacrococcygeal region and multiple spinal anormalies [diastematomyelia, tethered cord, hydromyelia, and hemivertebrae]. The mature teratoma was confirmed on histopathological examination. In SSCMs, the potential for coexisting congenital anomalies at separate levels of the spinal cord must be considered in radiological investigations.

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