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11016743

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
Abnormal spinal embryogenesis is quite commonplace. While greater than 90 percent of these errors of embryogenesis leads to occult spinal dysraphism with minimal neurologic or orthopedic sequelae, there is a significant minority of these anomalies which leads to the formation of the so-called 'congenital tumors of disordered embryogenesis'. The purpose of this article is to discuss the embryology, presentation, diagnosis and management of the spinal dysraphic states with particular emphasis on those errors which lead to mass lesions in the spinal canal such as dermoids, epidermoids, lipoma/lipomyelomeningocoele and neurenteric cysts. We also include lesions such as dermal sinus tracts and thickened filum terminale in our discussion with particular emphasis on their relationship to the tethered cord syndrome. Proper surgical management of these various conditions necessitates a thorough understanding of their embryologic etiology and the anatomic/physiologic ramifications that such lesions have on the developing spinal cord.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0167-594X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Intramedullary spinal tumors of disordered embryogenesis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109-0339, USA. karinm@umich.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review