title: Presacral neurenteric cyst in an infant.
abstract: Intraspinal neurenteric cysts are rare congenital cystic lesions, formed due to displacement of elements forming the alimentary canal. We report an 11-month-old infant presenting with a soft, fluctuant and transilluminant swelling posterior to the anus since birth; the size of the swelling varied with alterations in intraspinal pressure subsequent to crying, coughing, or sneezing. MRI showed a multiloculated lesion anterior to the sacrum and coccyx. Near total excision was carried out without any worsening in the neurological status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Satyarthee
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*