"Because it shares characteristics with congenital dermal sinus, such as a skin dimple and a tract that extends from the skin lesion to the spinal cord, it has been called a "dermal sinus-like stalk" or "pseudodermal sinus tract" 1."
"Neurologic deficits in LDM are usually resulting from spinal cord tethering 1,"
"Unlike congenital dermal sinus, LDM has no skin opening and has a solid tract without a lumen; thus, the possibility of infectious complications (meningitis) is extremely low 1."
"Surgery in LDM aims to disconnect the stalk and untether the cord 3. Surgical intervention can be delayed in LDM to avoid complications in the neonatel period, unlike congenital dermal sinus which requires urgent surgical intervention, even in asymptomatic patients, to avoid spinal infections/meningitis 1."
"Surgery in LDM aims to disconnect the stalk and untether the cord 3. Surgical intervention can be delayed in LDM to avoid complications in the neonatel period, unlike congenital dermal sinus which requires urgent surgical intervention, even in asymptomatic patients, to avoid spinal infections/meningitis 1."
"dermal sinus tract: in dermal sinus tract, there’s a skin opening and a tract having a lumen in contiguity with the skin opening, allowing pathogen passage into the spinal canal and risk of infection/meningitis. Additionally, Spinal cord tethering is not common in dermal sinus tracts."
"meningocele can resemble the saccular type of limited dorsal myeloschisis, though there’s absence of fibroneural stalk and skin lesions in meningoceles."
"Unlike congenital dermal sinus, LDM has no skin opening and has a solid tract without a lumen; thus, the possibility of infectious complications (meningitis) is extremely low 1."