A high cervical intradural extramedullary bronchogenic cyst. Case report

Abstract

This article describes a 16-year-old male patient, otherwise healthy, with intractable suboccipital pain due to an intradural, extramedullary bronchogenic cyst at Cl level. Computed tomographic and magnetic resonance imaging scans showed an extramedullary cystic lesion on the right anterolateral side of the spinal cord at Cl level. No other vertebral, spinal cord, or cutaneous abnormality was associated. The patient underwent posterolateral resection of the Cl bony ring on the right side, followed by complete removal of a cyst microsurgically. Histology suggested that the mass, with its contents of slightly viscous and opaque liquid, was an atypical form of bronchogenic cyst with abundant pseudostratified ciliated epithelial cells. © 1995, International Spinal Cord Society. All rights reserved.