Abstract
Iatrogenic spinal epidermoid tumors are extremely rare and may be caused by implanted skin fragments in the spinal canal, most commonly due to lumbar punctures using hollow needles without a stylet. The authors report for the first time an iatrogenic spinal epidermoid tumor that developed 26 months after several lumbar punctures, performed using disposable spinal needles with stylet, in an 8-year-old boy with persistent lower back pain. The authors hypothesize that an ill-fitting stylet compounded by multiple therapeutic lumbar punctures and young age as possible risk factors for the development of the tumor in the present case. A total excision of the tumor with laminectomy yielded good symptomatic recovery.
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