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01-08-2020 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Case Report

Radiologically occult cervical intradural dermal sinus tract: a case report and review of literature

Authors: Takayuki Mukai, Kenichi Usami, Eitaro Ishisaka, Hideki Ogiwara

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 8/2020

Abstract

We report the unusual case of a 7-month-old girl presenting with congenital cervical dermal sinus tract in which the intradural tract was not detected on preoperative imaging and was identified intraoperatively. Considering possible devastating sequelae of infection, excision of dermal sinus tract might be justified even in the case with radiologically undetected intradural tract.

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Title: Radiologically occult cervical intradural dermal sinus tract: a case report and review of literature
Authors: Takayuki Mukai
Kenichi Usami
Eitaro Ishisaka
Hideki Ogiwara
Publication date: 01-08-2020
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Meningitis
Published in: Child's Nervous System / Issue 8/2020
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-020-04673-9

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