Infected congenital lumbosacral dermal sinus tract with conus epidermoid abscess: a rare entity.
Surendra Kumar GuptaPrashant SinghRakesh Kumar GuptaRaghvendra SharmaLokesh Suresh NehetePublished in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2020)
Early surgical intervention followed by long-term antibiotic therapy is a must for good functional recovery in patients of an infected dermal sinus tract with associated cyst. While excising cyst through myelotomy, some part of the capsule densely adherent to neural tissue may be left behind. Regular follow-up in the first year of surgery is essential to look for the recurrence of the lesion.