Enterogenous cyst of the posterior fossa.
We report the case of a 13-year-old boy who presented with deafness due to a posterior fossa cystic lesion which was surgically excised. Histological examination showed it to be an enterogenous cyst. These extremely rare lesions seldom occur within the neural axis.
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Department of Neurosurgery, General Infirmary at Leeds, UK.
Chakraborty
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Donaldson-Hugh
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D000293:Adolescent; D020863:Central Nervous System Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D002530:Cerebellopontine Angle / Q000601:surgery; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male