Intramedullary neurenteric cysts of the spine. Case report and review of the literature.
This case of a 68-year-old woman with a low-thoracic intramedullary neurenteric cyst is notable for clinical presentation, cyst location, intraoperative findings, and imaging characteristics. The patient's postoperative course was complicated by neurological deterioration and a neuropathic pain syndrome. Potential causes of these complications are discussed, as are possible ways to reduce the risk of their occurrence.
Lippman
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Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York 10029-6574, USA. lippmc01@doc.mssm.edu
Arginteanu
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Purohit
D
D
Naidich
T P
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Camins
M B
MB
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008526:Medulla Oblongata; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000503:physiopathology; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae