- Spinal Enterogenous Cyst: A report of a case.
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Ki Hwa Yang, Kyo Young Lee, Young Sup Park, Seok Jin Kang, Byoung Kee Kim, Sun Moo Kim
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Korean J Pathol. 1989;23(4):490-493.
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Abstract
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- 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.
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