Dermoid of the Posterior Fossa in Chiari II Malformation: The First Reported Case

R Shane Tubbs; Ketan Verma; Sarah N Mirahsani; Martin M Mortazavi; Randle A Umeh; Brandon Rocque; Jeffrey B Blount

doi:10.4103/jpn.JPN_114_16

Dermoid of the Posterior Fossa in Chiari II Malformation: The First Reported Case

J Pediatr Neurosci. 2017 Jan-Mar;12(1):40-42. doi: 10.4103/jpn.JPN_114_16.

Authors

R Shane Tubbs¹, Ketan Verma², Sarah N Mirahsani², Martin M Mortazavi³, Randle A Umeh⁴, Brandon Rocque², Jeffrey B Blount²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Seattle Science Foundation, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, Children's of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, USA.
³ Department of Neurosurgery, California Brain Institute, Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA.
⁴ Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George's University, True Blue, Grenada.

Abstract

Dermoid cysts are rare lesions, particularly in children. Chiari II malformations are seen in patients with myelomeningocele. Here, we present a child with Chiari II malformation who, during a Chiari II decompression, was found to have a dermoid cyst. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such case ever reported.

Keywords: Chiari II; dermoid; myelomeningocele; posterior fossa.

Publication types

Case Reports