A dorsally located giant posterior fossa neurenteric cyst in a Chinese woman. Issue 5 (May 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gu, Jianwen; Yang, Tao; Xing, Xuemin; Kuang, Yongqin; Cheng, Gangge; Zhang, Junhai; Huang, Yongan; Zhang, Baoguo; Dong, Lianqiang; Mao, Qinwen
• Is Part Of: Journal of clinical neuroscience. Volume 22:Issue 5(2015:May)
• Page Start: 917
• Page End: 918
• Publication Date: 2015-05
• Subjects: Brain -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Neurosciences -- Periodicals; Nervous system -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Brain -- surgery -- Periodicals; Neurosurgical Procedures -- Periodicals; Neurosciences -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.027
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0967-5868

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author" id="ab010"> <title id="st070">Abstract</title> <sec> <p id="sp0010">Neurenteric cysts (NC) are rare, endodermal-derived intracranial lesions, commonly located anteriorly in the posterior cranial fossa. We describe a rare case of a giant posterior fossa NC (6.5 × 5.9 × 4.3 cm) located dorsal to the brain stem in a Chinese woman with a 1 week history of cerebellar symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the largest documented cyst of this type and the third dorsally located NC in the posterior fossa.</p> </sec> </abstract>