Cervical and thoracic dermal sinus tracts: A case series and review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 137-147

  Ackerman, Laurie L ^a   Menezes, Arnold H ^a   Follett, Kenneth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Dermal sinus tract; Intraspinal mass; Meningitis; Split cord malformation; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; CERVICAL DERMAL SINUS TRACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; INTESTINE FUNCTION; LIQUORRHEA; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSATION; SKIN DEFECT; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; THORACIC DERMAL SINUS TRACT; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEMANGIOMA; INCIDENCE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TERATOMA; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENINGOCELE; MIDDLE AGE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036025179     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064399     Document Type: Article

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