Enterogenous cyst in the cervical spinal canal. Case report

J Neurosurg. 1988 Feb;68(2):292-6. doi: 10.3171/jns.1988.68.2.0292.

Abstract

The case of an 11-year-old Japanese girl with an intradural and extramedullary enterogenous cyst is presented. A mass giving a low-intensity signal in comparison with the spinal cord was demonstrated on magnetic resonance imaging. Histologically, the diagnosis was confirmed on specimens stained with periodic acid-Schiff, alcian blue, mucicarmine, and immunohistochemical staining of carcinoembryonic antigen, and by electron microscopy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen
  • Child
  • Cysts / pathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Spinal Canal / pathology*

Substances

  • Carcinoembryonic Antigen