Neuroenteric cyst of the cauda equina without associated malformation

ABSTRACT

We report a case of 47-year-old women who presented with progressive lumbalgia since 14 years, exacerbated a year previously by bilateral lumbar radicular pain, gait disturbance and urinary retention for one month. Neurological examination found spastic paraparesia and cauda equina syndrome. X-rays were normal but lumbar spinal cord magnetic resonance images showed an intraduarl extramedullary space occupying lesion. The patient underwent L2-L5 laminectomy with total removed of the lesion [cystic, solid components and wall]. Postoperatively neurological deficits recovered totally within 2 weeks. Histological examination showed a Type A neuroenteric cyst