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Limited dorsal myeloschisis with a contiguous stalk to human tail-like cutaneous appendage, associated with a lipoma of conus medullaris: A case report.
Int J Surg Case Rep
May 2020
Neurosurgery Department of the Hospital da Restauração Gov. Paulo Guerra, Recife, Brazil. Electronic address:
Introduction: Limited dorsal myeloschisis (LDM) is a recently described pathological entity, characterized by a defect of the closed focal neural tube and a fibroneural pedicle connecting the cutaneous lesion to the spinal cord.
Presentation Of The Case: This case describes a 9-month-old child with a human tail and an underlying spinal dysraphism. This was represented by LDM stalk associated with a medullary lipoma, in connection with the dorsal cutaneous appendage.