J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2009 Oct;46(4):409-412. 10.3340/jkns.2009.46.4.409.

Surgical Findings of a Lumbar Mature Teratoma Accompanying the Preoperative Intracranial Dissemination of Fatty Droplets

• Oh JS
• Im SB
• Kim BT
• Shin WH

• KMID: 2066702
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2009.46.4.409

Abstract

There are several mechanisms for the dissemination of lipid material from a mature teratoma into the subarachnoid space or ventricles, including iatrogenic or traumatic rupture, but spontaneous rupture of a mature teratoma is rare. We report the spontaneous rupture of a spinal mature teratoma into the subarachnoid space and ventricles. However, at surgery, there was no definite evidence of rupture into the perimedullary cerebrospinal fluid. We postulate that the central canal could be a migration pathway for ruptured material into the brain.

Keyword

Mature teratoma

MeSH Terms

Brain
Rupture
Rupture, Spontaneous
Subarachnoid Space
Teratoma