Intraspinal neurenteric cyst--a rare entity

Neurenteric cysts are uncommonly reported congenital abnormalities that are thought to be an abnormal connection between the endoderm and ectoderm during the 3rd week of life. We report a case of a 17 years old male who presented with one year history of pain in the right arm for which he had been taking pain killer medication from the local general practitioner. The pain progressed over several months and developed into numbness and weakness of the right arm. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed a cystic mass at the C7 to D2 location. The mass was removed surgically and the specimen sent to Armed Forces Institute of Pathology for histopathological examination. On the basis of morphological features, an endodermal mass was diagnosed as Intraspinal Neurenteric cyst.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2011

Erschienen:

2011

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

Enthalten in:

JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association - 61(2011), 11 vom: 07. Nov., Seite 1143-5

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Khadim, Muhammad Tahir [VerfasserIn]
Asif, Muhammad [VerfasserIn]
Ali, Zafar [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Case Reports
Journal Article

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.02.2012

Date Revised 30.11.2011

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM213451085