title: Intracranial neurenteric cyst: A rare cause of chemical meningitis.
abstract: Intracranial neurenteric cysts are exceedingly rare congenital intracranial lesions that result from disorder of gastrulation. Still, more rarely, the cyst contents may leak into the CSF and give rise to recurrent episodes of chemical meningitis. We present a case of chemical meningitis due to a leaking posterior fossa neurenteric cyst in a young female, with emphasis on its imaging features. The final diagnosis was achieved by sufficiently characteristic imaging features; histopathologic documentation could not be achieved as the patient denied surgery.
authors: Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar, India.
authors: Naseer A
authors: NA
authors: Choh
authors: Maqbool
authors: M
authors: Wani
authors: Parvez
authors: P
authors: Nazir
authors: Sheikh M
authors: SM
authors: Saleem
authors: Feroze
authors: F
authors: Shaheen
authors: Irfan
authors: I
authors: Rabbani
authors: Tariq
authors: T
authors: Gojwari
keywords: Epidermoid; meningitis; neurenteric
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