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Prenatal diagnosis of tethered spinal cord associated with sacrococcygeal teratoma
Author(s) -
Sivrikoz Tugba Sarac,
Has Recep,
Esmer Aytul Corbacioglu,
Kalelioglu Ibrahim,
Yuksel Atil,
Taskin Orhun Cig
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22344
Subject(s) - medicine , filum terminale , sacrococcygeal teratoma , diastematomyelia , spinal cord , teratoma , presentation (obstetrics) , lipoma , prenatal ultrasound , dermoid cyst , prenatal diagnosis , neural tube , coccyx , surgery , spina bifida , pregnancy , fetus , sacrum , embryo , psychiatry , biology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Tethered spinal cord is mostly caused by myelomeningocele and lipomyelomeningocele, while dermal sinus tract, diastematomyelia, lipoma, tumor, thickened/tight filum terminale, spinal trauma, and spinal surgery are among the other causes. Prenatal diagnosis of tethered cord has been reported, and it is usually associated with neural tube defects. We present an atypical presentation of a tethered spinal cord, which was associated with a sacrococcygeal teratoma and was diagnosed in the 23rd week of pregnancy by ultrasonography. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 44 :506–509, 2016