INTRODUCTION: The association of teratoma and neural tube defects is very rare. CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION: A case of teratoma resembling bowel within a meningomyelocele is presented and the literature reviewed. CONCLUSION: The hypotheses of a possible common aetiology for this association include a single dysembryogenic process and neoplastic transformation of heterotopic primordial elements incorporated in the defect.
INTRODUCTION: The association of teratoma and neural tube defects is very rare. CASE REPORT AND DISCUSSION: A case of teratoma resembling bowel within a meningomyelocele is presented and the literature reviewed. CONCLUSION: The hypotheses of a possible common aetiology for this association include a single dysembryogenic process and neoplastic transformation of heterotopic primordial elements incorporated in the defect.