Dermoid of the Posterior Fossa in Chiari II Malformation: The First Reported Case

Dermoid cysts are rare lesions, particularly in children. Chiari II malformations are seen in patients with myelomeningocele. Here, we present a child with Chiari II malformation who, during a Chiari II decompression, was found to have a dermoid cyst. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first...

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Autores principales: Tubbs, R. Shane, Verma, Ketan, Mirahsani, Sarah N., Mortazavi, Martin M., Umeh, Randle A., Rocque, Brandon, Blount, Jeffrey B.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553378
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_114_16
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author Tubbs, R. Shane
Verma, Ketan
Mirahsani, Sarah N.
Mortazavi, Martin M.
Umeh, Randle A.
Rocque, Brandon
Blount, Jeffrey B.
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Verma, Ketan
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description Dermoid cysts are rare lesions, particularly in children. Chiari II malformations are seen in patients with myelomeningocele. Here, we present a child with Chiari II malformation who, during a Chiari II decompression, was found to have a dermoid cyst. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case ever reported.
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spelling pubmed-54377862017-05-26 Dermoid of the Posterior Fossa in Chiari II Malformation: The First Reported Case Tubbs, R. Shane Verma, Ketan Mirahsani, Sarah N. Mortazavi, Martin M. Umeh, Randle A. Rocque, Brandon Blount, Jeffrey B. J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report Dermoid cysts are rare lesions, particularly in children. Chiari II malformations are seen in patients with myelomeningocele. Here, we present a child with Chiari II malformation who, during a Chiari II decompression, was found to have a dermoid cyst. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case ever reported. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017 /pmc/articles/PMC5437786/ /pubmed/28553378 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_114_16 Text en Copyright: © 2017 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Dermoid of the Posterior Fossa in Chiari II Malformation: The First Reported Case
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437786/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_114_16
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