title: Ependymal cyst of the thoracic spinal cord.
abstract: A unique case of an ependymal cyst on the anterior aspect of the thoracic spinal cord in a woman aged 68 years is described. Clinical signs were precipitated by trauma. Recovery of function, while incomplete, was remarkably good after extirpation of the cyst.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D004805:Ependyma / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000209:etiology; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013124:Spinal Injuries / Q000150:complications