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What do you suggest if my mri showed a neurenteric cyst on my spine. what is that ?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Congenital anomaly: Neurenteric cysts account for 0.7-1.3% of spinal axis tumors These rare lesions result from the inappropriate partitioning of the embryonic tissues.Patients with symptomatic neurenteric cysts typically present in the second and third decades of life with size-dependent myelopathic and/or radicular signs. Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography are essential diagnostic tools for the delineation of cyst form and overlying osseous architecture. A variety of approaches have been employed in the treatment of neurenteric cysts each with a goal of total surgical resectio

Answered 5/28/2017

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