title: A rare symptomatic presentation of ecchordosis physaliphora: neuroradiological and surgical management.
abstract: We report a case of ecchordosis physaliphora, an uncommon benign lesion originating from embryonic notochordal remnants, intradurally located in the prepontine cistern, that unusually presented associated with symptoms. MRI detected and precisely located the small mass. At surgery, a cystic gelatinous nodule was found ventral to the pons, contiguous with the dorsal wall of the clivus via a small pedicle. Histological examination diagnosed the lesion as an ecchordosis physaliphora. Here we focus on the analysis of the neuroradiological aspects that play a crucial role from both a diagnostic and a therapeutic standpoint.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Second University of Naples, SUN, Italy. michele.rotondo@unina2.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotondo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mirone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cirillo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Conforti
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Scuotto
mesh_terms: D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002828:Choristoma; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior; D004388:Dura Mater; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009672:Notochord; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed