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==Complications==
==Complications==
* Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=YM|last2=Chuang|first2=MJ|last3=Cheng|first3=MH|title=Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis: a case report.|journal=Acta neurologica Taiwanica|date=September 2011|volume=20|issue=3|pages=188-91|pmid=22009122|url=http://www.ant-tnsjournal.com/Mag_Files/20-3/5.c_1_9911.pdf}}</ref>
* Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=YM|last2=Chuang|first2=MJ|last3=Cheng|first3=MH|title=Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis: a case report.|journal=Acta neurologica Taiwanica|date=September 2011|volume=20|issue=3|pages=188-91|pmid=22009122|url=http://www.ant-tnsjournal.com/Mag_Files/20-3/5.c_1_9911.pdf}}</ref>
* Brain abscess<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Emami-Naeini|first1=P|last2=Mahdavi|first2=A|last3=Ahmadi|first3=H|last4=Baradaran|first4=N|last5=Nejat|first5=F|title=Brain abscess as a manifestation of spinal dermal sinus.|journal=Therapeutics and clinical risk management|date=October 2008|volume=4|issue=5|pages=1143-7|pmid=19209295|pmc=2621405}}</ref>
* Brain abscess


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:15, 29 November 2014

Congenital dermal sinus is a dermal indentation generally present congenitally over dorsal spine.[1][2][3][4][5]

Complications

  • Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis[6]
  • Brain abscess[7]

References

  1. ^ Elton, Scott; Oakes, W. Jerry (January 2001). "Dermal sinus tracts of the spine". Neurosurgical FOCUS. 10 (1): 1–4. doi:10.3171/foc.2001.10.1.5.
  2. ^ Ackerman, LL; Menezes, AH (September 2003). "Spinal congenital dermal sinuses: a 30-year experience". Pediatrics. 112 (3 Pt 1): 641–7. PMID 12949296.
  3. ^ Jindal, A; Mahapatra, AK (September 2001). "Spinal congenital dermal sinus: an experience of 23 cases over 7 years". Neurology India. 49 (3): 243–6. PMID 11593240.
  4. ^ Barkovich, AJ; Edwards, Ms; Cogen, PH (1990). "MR evaluation of spinal dermal sinus tracts in children". AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology. 12 (1): 123–9. PMID 1903240.
  5. ^ Cox, EM; Knudson, KE; Manjila, S; Cohen, AR (October 2012). "Unusual presentation of congenital dermal sinus: tethered spinal cord with intradural epidermoid and dual paramedian cutaneous ostia". Neurosurgical focus. 33 (4): E5. PMID 23025446.
  6. ^ Wang, YM; Chuang, MJ; Cheng, MH (September 2011). "Infected spinal dermal sinus tract with meningitis: a case report" (PDF). Acta neurologica Taiwanica. 20 (3): 188–91. PMID 22009122.
  7. ^ Emami-Naeini, P; Mahdavi, A; Ahmadi, H; Baradaran, N; Nejat, F (October 2008). "Brain abscess as a manifestation of spinal dermal sinus". Therapeutics and clinical risk management. 4 (5): 1143–7. PMC 2621405. PMID 19209295.