title: Thoracic myelopathy secondary to intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 5035 Sudler Hall, MS 3021, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Arnold
authors.forename: Laura L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Neff
authors.forename: Karen K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Alan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Reeves
authors.forename: Kathy L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Newell
mesh_terms: 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