title: Cervico-thoracic neurenteric cyst: clinicoradiological correlation with embryogenesis.
abstract: Two cases of cervico-dorsal neurenteric cysts are presented, one located dorsal and the other ventral to the spinal cord, with associated Klippel-Feil anomaly, meningocele, spinal dysraphism and possibly spinal cord malformation. One patient was operated on as a neonate for a cervico-thoracic meningocele and presented during adolescence with spastic quadriparesis. Imaging revealed spina bifida, a dorsally located neurenteric cyst and a tendency towards split cord malformation. The other child presented with cervico-thoracic kyphoscoliosis and paraparesis. Imaging demonstrated persistence of a cervico-thoracic remnant of the primitive neurenteric canal through the upper thoracic spine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Prasad
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Murty
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005314:Embryonic and Fetal Development; D006801:Humans; D007714:Klippel-Feil Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000150:complications; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology*; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities; D013896:Thoracic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed