Intradural inclusion cysts following in utero closure of myelomeningocele: Clinical implications and follow-up findings: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 406-413

  Danzer, Enrico ^a   Adzick, N Scott ^a   Rintoul, Natalie E ^a   Zarnow, Deborah M ^a   Schwartz, Erin S ^a   Melchionni, Jeanne ^a   Ernst, Linda M ^a   Flake, Alan W ^a   Sutton, Leslie N ^a   Johnson, Mark P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermoid cyst; Fetal surgery; Intradural inclusion cyst; Myelomeningocele; Tethered cord syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER DYSFUNCTION; BLADDER FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPIDERMOID CYST; FETUS; FETUS SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INTERMITTENT CATHETERIZATION; INTRADURAL INCLUSION CYST; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL CORD CYST; SPINAL CORD MALFORMATION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TERATOMA; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING AID; WALKING DIFFICULTY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMOID CYST; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58149379871     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/PED.2008.2.12.406     Document Type: Article

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