Neurenteric cyst of the craniovertebral junction: Report of 2 cases

Sathwik RS, Panigrahi M, Satish Rao

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Sathwik RS^1,*, Panigrahi M¹ and Satish Rao I²

¹Department of Neurosciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

²Departments of Neurosurgery, Pathology, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

*Corresponding author: Dr. Sathwik R Shetty, Department of Neurosciences, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences, Minister Road, Secunderabad - 500003, AP, India

Received 10 December 2012; Revised 15 January 2013; Accepted 23 January 2013

Citation: Sathwik RS, Panigrahi M, Satish Rao. Neurenteric cyst of the craniovertebral junction: Report of 2 cases. J Med Sci Res 2013; 1(1): 16-19. http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2013/1-004

Copyright: © 2013 Sathwik RS et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Neurenteric cysts at the craniovertebral junction are extremely rare, in that, most are located ventrally in the midline. We report two patients with neurenteric cysts in an unusual location – the lateral craniovertebral junction. The embryological basis, clinical features, imaging characteristics and management options in these patients have been discussed.

Keywords: neurenteric cyst; enterogenous cyst; craniovertebral junction; cervico-medullary junction; far lateral approach