title: Intramedullary epithelial cyst of the spinal cord.
abstract: A female patient with an intramedullary cyst presented with a paraplegia. At operation an intramedullary cyst at the fourth dorsal level was found. The microscopic features of the cyst wall were suggestive of ependymal origin.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D009192:Myelography; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery