Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2009
Thoracic myelopathy secondary to intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst.
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Abstrakts
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of thoracic myelopathy secondary to intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst.
METHODS
Case report.
RESULTS
A 20-year-old man presented to the emergency department with increasing back pain and lower-extremity weakness. Magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a cystic lesion at the T4 level with mass effect on the spinal cord.
RESULTS
The lesion was resected, and histopathologic evaluation showed a cyst lined by respiratory-type epithelium consistent with a bronchogenic cyst.
CONCLUSIONS
Intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cysts of the thoracic spine have been reported previously but are extremely rare. The treatment of choice is surgical resection.
