TY - JOUR
T1 - High cervical neurenteric cyst; acute post-traumatic rupture and respiratory failure
T2 - A case report
AU - D'Andrea, G.
AU - Mencarani, C.
AU - Necci, V.
AU - Di Stefano, D.
AU - Occhiogrosso, G.
AU - Frati, A.
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - 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 posttraumatic 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.
AB - 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 posttraumatic 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.
KW - Cardiopulmonary failure
KW - Neurenteric cysts
KW - Spinal injury
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U2 - 10.1055/s-2007-992139
DO - 10.1055/s-2007-992139
M3 - Article
C2 - 18393167
AN - SCOPUS:40649123766
VL - 69
SP - 51
EP - 53
JO - Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie
JF - Zentralblatt fur Neurochirurgie
SN - 0044-4251
IS - 1
ER -