Thoracic myelopathy secondary to intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of thoracic myelopathy secondary to intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst.


METHODS
Case report.


RESULTS
A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with increasing back pain and lower-extremity weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cystic lesion at the T4 level with mass effect on the spinal cord.


RESULTS
The lesion was resected, and histopathologic evaluation showed a cyst lined by respiratory-type epithelium consistent with a bronchogenic cyst.


CONCLUSIONS
Intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cysts of the thoracic spine have been reported previously but are extremely rare. The treatment of choice is surgical resection.
Arnold
Paul M
PM
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 5035 Sudler Hall, MS 3021, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
Neff
Laura L
LL
Anderson
Karen K
KK
Reeves
Alan R
AR
Newell
Kathy L
KL
D000328:Adult; D001994:Bronchogenic Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D013118:Spinal Cord Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult