Isolated spinal neurenteric cyst presenting as intramedullary calcified cystic mass on imaging studies: case report and review of literature

Neuroradiology. 2010 Feb;52(2):119-23. doi: 10.1007/s00234-009-0624-6. Epub 2009 Nov 28.

Abstract

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Calcinosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Calcinosis / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Neural Tube Defects / diagnostic imaging
  • Neural Tube Defects / pathology*
  • Photomicrography
  • Spinal Cord / abnormalities
  • Spinal Cord / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord / pathology*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology*
  • Thoracic Vertebrae
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed