Diastematomyelia and intramedullary epidermoid spinal cord tumor combined with extradural teratoma in an adult. Case report.

@article{GarzaMercado1983DiastematomyeliaAI,
  title={Diastematomyelia and intramedullary epidermoid spinal cord tumor combined with extradural teratoma in an adult. Case report.},
  author={Rom{\'a}n Garza-Mercado},
  journal={Journal of neurosurgery},
  year={1983},
  volume={58 6},
  pages={
          954-8
        }
}
Diastematomyelia is rarely diagnosed in the adult. Only a few such cases have been reported in the literature. A 26-year-old Mexican man with lumbar diastematomyelia is reported who also harbored a T-12 intramedullary epidermoid tumor and an extradural teratoma located in the dorsal aspect of the dural sac opposite L-4. These three rare coincidental lesions were removed at surgery. The patient's condition improved. 
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