title: Ventral brainstem enterogenous cyst: an unusual location.
abstract: Enterogenous cysts mostly locate in the spinal canal and have only rarely been reported in an intracranial site. We report a case of enterogenous cyst in the ventral to brainstem. The 45-year-old woman presented with paroxysmal headache and diplopia. A CT scan and MRI revealed a cystic clival mass from midbrain to medulla. Subtotal resection was performed using a sub-temporal approach and the patient made a good recovery. Pathological examination revealed that the lesion was a typical enterogenous cyst.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China. jklin2002@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001933:Brain Stem / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome