Abstract

An eleven-year-old girl followed up in our department presented with swelling over the mid and lower back with intermittent back pain. Neurological examination was normal. MRI Dorsolumbar spine showed dural ectasia at the dorsolumbar junction with lateral meningoceles extending from the D10 to L3 level. Genetic studies for Marfan’s syndrome (Fibrillin 1) were negative. She had no features of Neurofibromatosis type 1 or any other connective tissue disorders. The child was treated conservatively with analgesics and kept under follow up. Although reports of dural ectasia in patients with connective tissue disorders exist in literature, idiopathic cases have rarely been reported.