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ArticleEuropean journal of pediatrics2006

Unusual presentation of intradural endodermal cysts in young children under 2 years of age. Report of two cases.

Federica Novegno, Federico Di Rocco, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Luca Massimi, Libero Lauriola, Massimo Caldarelli, Concezio Di Rocco

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Article in European journal of pediatrics, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Federica NovegnoDepartment of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Catholic University Medical School, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 00168 Rome, Italy. federicanov@yahoo.it
Federico Di Rocco
Gianpiero Tamburrini
Luca Massimi
Libero Lauriola
Massimo Caldarelli
Concezio Di Rocco
Catholic University of America · USUniversità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionSpinal endodermal cysts are congenital maldevelopmental lesions usually presenting in early adulthood. Whereas the diagnosis is rare in newborns and it is usually led by cardiopulmonary distress or other associated malformations, no characteristic clinical findings associated with these entities have been described in older patients where spinal endodermal cysts usually behave as intraspinal space occupying lesions. DISCUSSION: The authors report on two children under 2 years of age affected by cervical endodermal cysts that presented with a history of acute motor deficit following a laryngitis. The hypothesis about the pathogenesis is that the upper respiratory tract infection might have stimulated the secretion of the cyst lining, inducing growth of the cyst and the sudden appearance of the motor deficit. Because of the apparent lack of relation between the benign laryngitis and the motor deficit, the occurrence of such an association might have been underestimated in some of the previously reported cases.

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AtaxiaCervical VertebraeCystsExtremitiesFemaleHumansInfantLaryngitisMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleOrthopedic ProceduresParesthesiaSpinal Cord Diseases

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PMID16691405
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