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case_images: Lumbosacral mass obliterating the inter-gluteal cleft
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case_images: A 6-month-old female child presented with a progressively increasing lumbosacral swelling which was present since birth [Figure 1].
case_images: Computed tomography scan showing spina bifida with the presence of trumpet like out-pouching of spinal contents
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case_images: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a giant terminal lipomyelocystocele [Figures 2 and 3] which contained a trumpet like flaring of the central canal of the distal spinal cord and a meningocele located around the dilated central canal, which bulged into the subcutaneous region along with subcutaneous fat tissue.
case_images: Magnetic resonance imaging T2 weighted sagittal section confirming the presence of terminal myelocystocoele
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case_images: Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed a giant terminal lipomyelocystocele [Figures 2 and 3] which contained a trumpet like flaring of the central canal of the distal spinal cord and a meningocele located around the dilated central canal, which bulged into the subcutaneous region along with subcutaneous fat tissue.
case_images: Microscopic picture showing meningeal lining, adipose tissue and few wavy nerve fibers
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case_images: Histopathology confirmed the findings of meningeal tissue with adipose and few wavy nerve fibers [Figure 4].