Unique Imaging Features of Spinal Neurenteric Cyst
Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
; : 515-518, 2015.
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ABSTRACT
A 50-year-old male presented with acutely progressed paraplegia. His magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated two well-demarcated components with opposite signals in one cystic lesion between the T1- and T2-weighted images at the T1 spine level. The patient showed immediately improved neurological symptoms after surgical intervention and the histopathological exam was compatible with a neurenteric cyst. On operation, two different viscous drainages from the cyst were confirmed. A unique similarity of image findings was found from a review of the pertinent literature. The common findings of spinal neurenteric cyst include an isointense or mildly hyperintense signal relative to cerebrospinal fluid for both T1- and T2-weighted images. However, albeit rarer, the signals of some part of the cyst could change into brightly hyperintensity on T1-weighted images and hypointensity on T2-weighted images due to the differing sedimentation of the more viscous contents in the cyst.
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Assunto principal:
Medula Espinal
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Doenças da Medula Espinal
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Diagnóstico Diferencial
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Defeitos do Tubo Neural
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article