Brain Tumor Res Treat.
2021 Oct;9(2):106-110. 10.14791/btrt.2021.9.e22.
Anterior Craniocervical Junctional Neurenteric Cyst
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, CHA Bundang Medical Center, CHA University College of Medicine, Seongnam, Korea
- KMID: 2522228
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.14791/btrt.2021.9.e22
Abstract
- Intracranial neurenteric cyst at the anterior craniocervical junction is very rare, and its treatment and prognosis have not been established. We report a case of neurenteric cyst at the anterior craniocervical junction and review the relevant literature. A 16-year-old girl presented with a 2-month history of slowly progressive headache. MRI revealed a well-defined intradural extramedullary cyst in the anterior medulla and brain stem with C1 cord compression. We performed gross total resection of the cyst using a far-lateral transcondylar approach. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice for neurenteric cysts at anterior craniocervical junction, the far-lateral transcondylar approach might be the optimal surgical approach.
