PubMed · 1979 · 17 citations · 0 references
MedicineNeurological SurgeryNeurosurgerySpine SurgerySurgical PathologySpinal AnatomySpinal Cord AnatomySpinal Cord InjurySpinal Cord PathologySpinal Cord TumorsSpinal TumorsCyst Epithelial LiningEpithelial CystIntramedullary Spinal Cord TumorsIntramedullary Spinal TumorsIntramedullary Tumors
A female patient with an intramedullary cyst presented with a paraplegia. At operation an intramedullary cyst at the fourth dorsal level was found. The microscopic features of the cyst wall were suggestive of ependymal origin.