J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2008 Nov;44(5):334-337. 10.3340/jkns.2008.44.5.334.

Spinal Intradural Extramedullary Mature Cystic Teratoma in an Adult

• Sung KS
• Sung SK
• Choi HJ
• Song YJ

• KMID: 2018354
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2008.44.5.334

Abstract

Spinal intradural extramedullary teratoma is a rare condition that develops more commonly in children than in adults and may be associated with spinal dysraphism. We report a rare case of adult-onset intradural extramedullary teratoma in the thoracolumbar spinal cord with no evidence of spinal dysraphism and without the history of prior spinal surgery. The patient was a 38-year-old male whose chief complaint was urinary incontinence. X-ray images of the thoracolumbar spine showed the widening of the interpedicular distance and posterior marginal erosion of the vertebral bodies and pedicles at the T11, T12, and L1 level. Magnetic resonance imagings of the lumbar spine showed a lobulated inhomogeneous high signal intradural mass (87x29x20 mm) between T11 and L1 and a high signal fluid collection at the T11 level. Laminectomy of the T11-L1 region was performed, and the mass was subtotally excised. The resected tumor was histopathologically diagnosed as a mature cystic teratoma. The patient's symptom of urinary incontinence was improved following the surgery.

Keyword

Spinal cord neoplasm; Mature teratoma

MeSH Terms

Adult
Child
Humans
Laminectomy
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Male
Spinal Cord
Spinal Cord Neoplasms
Spinal Dysraphism
Spine
Teratoma
Urinary Incontinence