High cervical neurenteric cyst; acute post-traumatic rupture and respiratory failure: a case report
G d'Andrea1, C Mencarani, V Necci
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Rome, S Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy. gdandrea@2002@yahoo.it
Abstract:
The neuroenteric cyst is a rare developmental lesion originating from incomplete formation of the primitive neuroenteric canal. We report on the difficult management of an acute post-traumatic rupture of a cervical neuroenteric cyst. A 35-year-old male patient came to our observation after a spinal injury incurred during a football match. The patient immediately demonstrated tetraplegia and respiratory failure and was operated on. After two weeks the patient died of cardiopulmonary failure. High cervical neurenteric cysts, even those representing benign lesions, can produce dramatic results after a spinal injury.
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