Korean J Pathol.
1989 Dec;23(4):490-493.
Spinal Enterogenous Cyst: A report of a case
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Clinical Pathology, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Although varying types of cystic lesion, true to false, in the spinal cord have been described, spinal enterogenous cyst is a rare condition. It is considered as a result of congenital remnant of primitive foregut. The authors experienced a case of a spinal enterogenous cyst in the intradural space along the fouth, fifth and sixth cervical spine, occurred in a twenty-seven years old male patient. The cyst was composed of hyalinized fibrous wall with single layered lining epithelium, such as simple non-ciliated cuboidal epithelium or ciliated tall columnar epithelium with focal mucinous columnar epithelium.
