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Congenital spinal tumor in a patient with encephalocele and hydrocephalus: a case report
Farid Radmanesh1, Farideh Nejat, Fatemeh Mahjoub
1Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran. nejat@sina.tums.ac.ir.
Introduction:
Encephalocele is a rare congenital abnormality of the central nervous system, where brain tissue protrudes from a defect in the skull. Some anomalies are associated with encephalocele. However, the association of spinal teratoma and encephalocele has not been reported in the English literature.
Case Presentation:
We report the case of an Iranian girl with a history of encephalocele surgery, who, at the age of four years, developed an intramedullary spinal teratoma, and discuss the pathogenesis of this association.
Conclusion:
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of an association between encephalocele and spinal teratoma.
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