OBJECTIVE: The authors report two unusual cases of extraspinal midline lumbosacral lesions that resembled the usual skin markers of occult spina bifida. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The pathological diagnosis of the masses was plexiform neurofibroma and mastocytoma, respectively. RESULTS: Some lesions, as those we are reporting, although occurring at the lumbosacral midline, do not necessarily belong to occult spinal dysraphism, as was initially suspected. Plexiform neurofibroma and skin mastocytoma are very rare indeed in this spinal location. CONCLUSION: The two cases represent an important addition to the differential diagnosis of a congenital dorsal midline mass.
OBJECTIVE: The authors report two unusual cases of extraspinal midline lumbosacral lesions that resembled the usual skin markers of occult spina bifida. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The pathological diagnosis of the masses was plexiform neurofibroma and mastocytoma, respectively. RESULTS: Some lesions, as those we are reporting, although occurring at the lumbosacral midline, do not necessarily belong to occult spinal dysraphism, as was initially suspected. Plexiform neurofibroma and skin mastocytoma are very rare indeed in this spinal location. CONCLUSION: The two cases represent an important addition to the differential diagnosis of a congenital dorsal midline mass.
Authors: Matthias Möhrenschlager; Reinhard Engst; Stefan Müller-Weihrich; Walter Spiessl; Klaus Rüdisser; Lorenz B Weigl; Berthold Jessberger; Markus Braun-Falco; Dietrich Abeck; Johannes Ring Journal: Dermatology Date: 2003 Impact factor: 5.366
Authors: M H Cnossen; A de Goede-Bolder; K M van den Broek; C M Waasdorp; A P Oranje; H Stroink; H J Simonsz; A M van den Ouweland; D J Halley; M F Niermeijer Journal: Arch Dis Child Date: 1998-05 Impact factor: 3.791