Neuroenteric cyst of the anterior cranial fossa: case report and review of the literature.
A case of intradural neuroenteric cyst located in the anterior cranial fossa is presented. The cyst caused anosmia and progressive personality changes in an elderly woman. The patient underwent bifrontal craniotomy with evacuation of cyst contents and removal of the cyst wall. Incidence, classification, histopathology, and histogenesis of neuroenteric cysts are discussed with review of the literature.
Neckrysh
Sergey
S
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. sergey_Neckrysh@yahoo.com
Valyi-Nagy
Tibor
T
Charbel
Fady T
FT
D000368:Aged; D035262:Cranial Fossa, Anterior / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003399:Craniotomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*