Midline Spinal Cord Hamartomas—A Report of Six Cases - International Journal of Clinical Medicine

IJCM > Vol.4 No.6, June 2013

Midline Spinal Cord Hamartomas—A Report of Six Cases ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ijcm.2013.46051 4,519 Downloads 6,947 Views Citations

Author(s)

Damera Naveen Chandra Rao, Vallabhaneni Kalyan Chakravarthy, Eslavath Aruna, Gundala Venkata Ratnam, Diddi Ranga Rao

Affiliation(s)

Department of Pathology, Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna Avutapalli, India.
Department of Pathology, Pinnamaneni Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Foundation, Chinna Avutapalli, India..

ABSTRACT

Midline Spinal Cord Hamartomas are relatively rare and asymptomatic. These lesions may present with a tethered cord and a normal overlying skin, a skin dimple, a dermal sinus tract or dense collagen. Most patients have few or no neurological symptoms related to them. Microscopically they are composed of mature and well-differentiated ectodermal and mesodermal elements, meningothelial cells, calcification, and even urothelium. We report MRI and histologic features of midline spinal cord hamartomas in six cases.

KEYWORDS

Hamartoma; Meningothelial Cells; Ectodermal

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D. Rao, V. Chakravarthy, E. Aruna, G. Ratnam and D. Rao, "Midline Spinal Cord Hamartomas—A Report of Six Cases," International Journal of Clinical Medicine, Vol. 4 No. 6, 2013, pp. 291-295. doi: 10.4236/ijcm.2013.46051.

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