| Occipital encephalocele, lipomeningomyelocele, and Chiari I malformation: case report and review of the literature. | |
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PMID: 12541087 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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CASE REPORT: We report a pediatric patient with encephalocele, lipomeningomyelocele, and Chiari I malformation. DISCUSSION: We also review the extant medical literature regarding associations between these three entities. We propose that the combination of these three pathologies, which is reported here for the first time, is not serendipitous but rather a low-frequency association. CONCLUSIONS: After a literature review, we speculate that encephalocele and lipomeningomyelocele most probably occur by mechanisms similar to those that produce encephalocele and meningomyelocele and that the tonsillar ectopia in our patient is due to an abnormally small posterior cranial fossa resulting from the lack of neural tissue within the cranium at critical times during development or has its genesis, as some encephaloceles may, in inappropriate paraxial mesoderm formation. |
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Authors:
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R Shane Tubbs; John C Wellons; W Jerry Oakes |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article; Review Date: 2002-11-19 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery Volume: 19 ISSN: 0256-7040 ISO Abbreviation: Childs Nerv Syst Publication Date: 2003 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-01-23 Completed Date: 2003-05-14 Revised Date: 2010-03-24 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8503227 Medline TA: Childs Nerv Syst Country: Germany |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 50-3 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. richard.tubbs@ccc.uab.edu |
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Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Arnold-Chiari Malformation
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complications,
diagnosis* Encephalocele / complications, diagnosis*, surgery Humans Infant, Newborn Lipoma / complications, diagnosis*, surgery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Meningomyelocele / complications, diagnosis*, surgery Spinal Cord Neoplasms / complications, diagnosis*, surgery Treatment Outcome |
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