Supratentorial neuroenteric cyst in children: a case report and brief literature review

Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 Nov;35(11):2227-2231. doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04190-4. Epub 2019 May 11.

Abstract

Neurenteric cysts are rare developmental lesions typically found outside the central nervous system but when they do, we most likely find them in a spinal (cervical or dorsal) intradural extramedular location, often associated with dysraphism. The more unusual intracranial cases have been published because of its rarity, occurring mostly as a posterior fossa extra-axial cyst, in adults. Supratentorial cases are distinctly infrequent, especially in children, resulting in few case reports and even fewer case reviews. We describe a case of a child with a supratentorial neurenteric cyst and present a brief review of the literature about these cysts in children, a noticeable gap in the literature.

Keywords: Endodermal cyst; Enterogenous cyst; Intracranial neurenteric cyst; Neuroenteric cyst; Supratentorial neurenteric cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Frontal Lobe / abnormalities
  • Frontal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Frontal Lobe / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neural Tube Defects / complications
  • Neural Tube Defects / diagnostic imaging
  • Neural Tube Defects / surgery*
  • Neurosurgical Procedures / methods
  • Seizures / etiology