title: Spinal neurenteric cyst. Association with vertebral anomalies, diastematomyelia, dorsal fistula, and lipoma.
abstract: A 50-year-old man was admitted with complaints of difficulty in walking, urinary incontinence, and a lump over the lumbosacral region. X-ray examination of the lumbosacral spine revealed bizarre vertebral anomalies, including a hole in the L-5 vertebral body. At operation an enterogenous cyst in association with diastematomyelia, cutaneous fistula, and a lipoma was encountered. Post-operatively, some improvement ensued. The case is discussed and pertinent literature reviewed with particular reference to the etiopathology of the cyst.
mesh_terms: D005402:Fistula / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities