title: [High medular compression caused by neurenteric cyst. Report of a case].
abstract: The authors report the case of a child with a neuroenteric cyst compressing the high cervical spinal cord at the level of C1 to C3. The tumor was completely excised through a laminotomy with good results. The literature is revised, and the embryology, symptomatology, treatment and results are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psiquiatria e Neurologia da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Brasil.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pianetti Filho
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
vernacular_title: Compressão medular alta por cisto neuroentérico. Relato de caso.