Thoracic Dermal Sinus Assocaiated With Subcutaneous Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report
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Thoracic Dermal Sinus Assocaiated With Subcutaneous Epidermoid Cyst: A Case Report

Anatol J Gen Med Res 2001;11(3):111-114 DOI: 10.5222/terh.2001.55193
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Abstract

AIM: A dermal sinüs was diagnosed in the back, on the level of second dorsal vertebra, of an eleven years old girl. Magnetic Resonance Imaging revealed that a fusion defect of second dorsal vertebra, a dorsal sinüs tract and an epidermoid cyst within the tract. The girl had no neurologic symptom. Surgical excision of the sinüs prevented potential complications, such as menengitis.

Keywords: Lumbosacral dysraphism, Spine anomaly