title: Intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine misdiagnosed as a psychogenic disorder in a 7-year-old-child.
abstract: The patient is a 7-year-old Japanese female child with an intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine. She had been misdiagnosed as having a psychogenic disorder due to the absence of neurological changes and bony anomalies. Subjective recovery followed the removal of the cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tokai University, School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mochida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toh
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oota
mesh_terms: D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007796:Laminectomy; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009192:Myelography; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016136:Spina Bifida Occulta / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery