A CASE OF CERVICAL SPINAL TERATOMA ASSOCIATED WITH DERMAL SINUS TRACT: MRI AND SURGICAL FINDINGS

Mehmet E. ÜSTÜN; Ahmet ERDOĞAN; Mustafa C. AVUNDUK

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Turkish Neurosurgery 1992 , Vol 2 , Num 4

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A CASE OF CERVICAL SPINAL TERATOMA ASSOCIATED WITH DERMAL SINUS TRACT: MRI AND SURGICAL FINDINGS

Mehmet E. ÜSTÜN¹, Ahmet ERDOĞAN¹, Mustafa C. AVUNDUK²

¹Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara –TÜRKİYE
²Ankara University Faculty of Medicine Department of Pathology Ankara -TÜRKİYE Intradural spinal teratomas are rare. We report a case in a 23-year-old man in whom Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) revealed an intradural extramedullary tumour between the fourth and fifth cervical levels with a dermal sinus tractus. Histological examination showed a variety of tissues, including elements of all three germinal layers. Keywords : Cervical vertebrae. Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Myelography. Spinal Cord Neoplasms. Teratoma

Corresponding author : Ahmet Erdoğan