Isolated central canal rupture of spinal dermoid. Report of 3 cases
Kanwaljeet Garg1, Rajinder Kumar
1Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Journal of Neurosurgery. Spine
|June 14, 2014
Abstract:
Spinal dermoid tumors are rare, benign, slow-growing tumors. Rupture of spinal dermoids, in contrast to cranial dermoids, is rarely reported. Rupture in the central canal alone is even more rare, with only a few cases reported in the literature. The presence of fat droplets within the central canal is unusual because the central canal is rudimentary in adults. The authors report 3 such cases and review the pertinent literature.
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