Spinal Enterogenous Cyst: A report of a case

ABSTRACT

Although varying types of cystic lesion, true to false, in the spinal cord have been described, spinal enterogenous cyst is a rare condition. It is considered as a result of congenital remnant of primitive foregut. The authors experienced a case of a spinal enterogenous cyst in the intradural space along the fouth, fifth and sixth cervical spine, occurred in a twenty-seven years old male patient. The cyst was composed of hyalinized fibrous wall with single layered lining epithelium, such as simple non-ciliated cuboidal epithelium or ciliated tall columnar epithelium with focal mucinous columnar epithelium.