Intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine misdiagnosed as a psychogenic disorder in a 7-year-old-child

The patient is a 7-year-old Japanese female child with an intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine. She had been misdiagnosed as having a psychogenic disorder due to the absence of neurological changes and bony anomalies. Subjective recovery followed the removal of the cyst.

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Published in:Spinal cord 1997-10, Vol.35 (10), p.700-703
Main Authors: Mochida, Joji, Yamada, Shinya, Toh, Eiren, Shibata, Masayoshi, Oota, Kazutoshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anatomy
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cervical Vertebrae - pathology
Child
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Human Physiology
Humans
Laminectomy
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medical sciences
Myelography
Neck Pain - etiology
Neurochemistry
Neurology
Neuropsychology
Neurosciences
Neurotic Disorders - diagnosis
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Spina Bifida Occulta - complications
Spina Bifida Occulta - diagnosis
Spina Bifida Occulta - surgery
Tumors of the nervous system. Phacomatoses
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Summary:The patient is a 7-year-old Japanese female child with an intradural neurenteric cyst of the cervical spine. She had been misdiagnosed as having a psychogenic disorder due to the absence of neurological changes and bony anomalies. Subjective recovery followed the removal of the cyst.
ISSN:1362-4393
1476-5624
DOI:10.1038/sj.sc.3100474