Isolated spinal neurenteric cyst presenting as intramedullary calcified cystic mass on imaging studies: case report and review of literature.
Intramedullary neurenteric cysts (NEC) without associated malformations are extremely rare and, to our knowledge, have never been reported in association with calcification. We report a unique imaging presentation as a partially calcified mass of an isolated intramedullary neuroenteric cyst of the lower thoracic spinal cord with pathologic correlation. The literature for isolated forms of intramedullary NEC since the advent of magnetic resonance imaging is also reviewed.
Ziu
Mateo
M
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Vibhute
Prasanna
P
Vecil
Giacomo G
GG
Henry
James
J
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009436:Neural Tube Defects / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D010784:Photomicrography; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed