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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2006

Midline cutaneous lumbosacral lesions: not always a sign of occult spinal dysraphism.

Juan F Martínez-Lage, Belen Ferri Niguez, Miguel A Pérez-Espejo, María J Almagro, Concepción Maeztu

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Juan F Martínez-LageRegional Service of Neurosurgery, "Virgen de la Arrixaca" University Hospital, El Palmar, 30120, Murcia, Spain. juanf.martinezlage@carm.es
Belen Ferri Niguez
Miguel A Pérez-Espejo
María J Almagro
Concepción Maeztu

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objectiveThe authors report two unusual cases of extraspinal midline lumbosacral lesions that resembled the usual skin markers of occult spina bifida. PATIENTS AND

methodsThe pathological diagnosis of the masses was plexiform neurofibroma and mastocytoma, respectively.

resultsSome lesions, as those we are reporting, although occurring at the lumbosacral midline, do not necessarily belong to occult spinal dysraphism, as was initially suspected. Plexiform neurofibroma and skin mastocytoma are very rare indeed in this spinal location.

conclusionThe two cases represent an important addition to the differential diagnosis of a congenital dorsal midline mass.

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ChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHumansLumbosacral RegionMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMastocytomaNeurofibromaSpinal Dysraphism

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