Double intraspinal enterogenous cysts.

Enterogenous cysts of ileum.

Spinal Enterogenous Cysts in Infants

Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Departments of Neurosurgery1 and Pathology2, İzmir, Turkey Intraspinal enterogenous cysts are very rare congenital cysts of endodermal origin, and tend to occur in anterior spinal intradural space. The diagnosis is usually established during the first or second decade of life. Those cysts are frequently associated with vertebral or spinal cord anomali...

Postlaminectomy Bilateral Lumbar Intraspinal Synovial Cysts

Lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts are included in the difference diagnosis of lumbar radiculopathy. Developing imaging modalities has result in increased reporting about these lesions. However, the case of bilateral new lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts after laminectomy has been rarely reported. We report of a rare case with bilateral lumbar intraspinal synovial cysts after laminectomy, requir...

Intraspinal synovial cysts: a retrospective study.

BACKGROUND We report the clinical presentation, radiographic studies, intraoperative findings, histopathological analysis, and post-treatment outcome in 26 patients diagnosed with spinal synovial cysts (SSCs). AIMS To describe the clinical presentation, radiographic studies, operative findings, and postoperative follow-up in 26 patients with SSCs. SETTINGS AND DESIGN The study was retrospec...

A congenital intraspinal gastroenterogenous cyst in diastematomyelia.

A female neonate, with neurological signs and leucocytosis in sterile spinal fluid, was found to have anomalies of the upper thoracic vertebral bodies with a bony spur indicating diastematomyelia. The spur was removed, but symptoms recurred. Necropsy at the age of 5 months revealed an intraspinal gastroenterogenous cyst containing a perforated peptic ulcer. Analysis of eight previous reports of...