Epidermoid cyst and lipoma with tethered spinal cord: A case report

Abstract

Tethered cord syndrome (TCS) is a stretch-induced disorder of the spinal cord caused by congenital or acquired con-ditions. Due to improvement of imaging technique, it is currently realize that TCS may be seen with different pathol-ogy. Differing from relevant literature, concomitant presence of TCS, epidermiod cyst and lipoma in a 17 year old fe-male patient is presented and discussed in the present paper.

Keywords

• Tethered cord syndrome, intradural epidermoid cyst, lipoma.

Epidermoid cyst and lipoma with tethered spinal cord: A case report

Abstract

Tethered kord sendromu (TKS) konjenital ya da edinsel nedenlerle omuriliğin gerilmesi sonucu oluşur. Manyetik Re-zonans Görüntüleme (MRG)\'nin spinal bölge rahatsızlıklarının tanısında kullanılmaya başlanması ile birlikte TKS\'nin farklı patolojilerle birlikte görülebileceği fark edilmiştir. Bu yazıda literatürden farklı olarak TKS\'nin, intradural epider-moid kist ve lipom ile birlikte ortaya çıktığı 17 yaşında bir kadın hasta anlatıldı ve tartışıldı.

Keywords

• Tetheret cord sendromu, intradural epidermoid kist, lipom.

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