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Year : 2015 | Volume
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Intracranial neurenteric cyst traversing the brainstem
Jasmit Singh, Hrushikesh Kharosekar, Vernon Velho, Pravin Survashe
Department of Neurosurgery, Grant Medical College and Sir J J Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Jasmit Singh Department of Neurosurgery, Grant Medical College and J J Group of Hospitals, Byculla, Mumbai - 400 008, Maharashtra India
Source of Support: Nil., Conflict of Interest: None declared. | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.164969
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Neurenteric cysts (NECs), also called enterogenous cysts, are rare benign endodermal lesions of the central nervous system that probably result from separation failure of the notochord and upper gastrointestinal tract. Most frequently they are found in the lower cervical spine or the upper thoracic spine. Intracranial occurrence is rare and mostly confined to infratentorial compartment, in prepontine region [51%]. Other common locations are fourth ventricle and cerebellopontine angle. There are few reports of NEC in medulla or the cerebellum. Because of the rarity of the disease and common radiological findings, they are misinterpreted as arachnoid or simple cysts until the histopathological confirmation, unless suspected preoperatively. We herein report a rare yet interesting case of intracranial NEC traversing across the brainstem. |
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