Intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine misdiagnosed as a psychogenic disorder in a 7-year-old-child

Spinal Cord. 1997 Oct;35(10):700-3. doi: 10.1038/sj.sc.3100474.

Abstract

The patient is a 7-year-old Japanese female child with an intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine. She had been misdiagnosed as having a psychogenic disorder due to the absence of neurological changes and bony anomalies. Subjective recovery followed the removal of the cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cervical Vertebrae / pathology
  • Child
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Diagnostic Errors*
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Laminectomy
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Myelography
  • Neck Pain / etiology*
  • Neurotic Disorders / diagnosis*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / complications
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnosis*
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery