Recurrent intracranial neurenteric cysts

Acta Neurochir (Wien). 1998;140(9):905-11. doi: 10.1007/s007010050192.

Abstract

Neurenteric cysts are cystic lesions lined by a columnar epithelium of endodermal derivation. They are rarely located in the central nervous system. We describe the case history of two recurrent neurenteric cysts located within the posterior fossa: one in the 4th ventricle and the second in the cerebellopontine angle. The literature is reviewed and the follow-up and recurrence of such cysts are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / pathology
  • Cranial Fossa, Posterior / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
  • Postoperative Complications / surgery*
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / diagnosis
  • Spina Bifida Occulta / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed