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

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 623-627

  Martínez Lage, Juan F ^a,b   Ñiguez, Belen Ferri ^a   Pérez Espejo, Miguel A ^a,b   Almagro, María J ^a   Maeztu, Concepción ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LA ARRIXACA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL MORALES MESEGUER   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cutaneous birthmarks; Cutaneous mastocytoma; Neurofibromatosis type 1; Occult spinal dysraphism; Plexiform neurofibroma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DERMADROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LIPOMA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MASTOCYTOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINE MALFORMATION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MASTOCYTOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 33646726935     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-005-0028-9     Document Type: Article

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