Open AccessRare morbidity of permanent quadriplegia caused by neurenteric cyst of the cervical cord
Author(s) -
Henry Tan Chor Lip,
Tan Jih Huei,
Amirul Al-Ashraf Abdullah,
Noor Azman Bin A Rahman
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
avicenna journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-4464
pISSN - 2231-0770
DOI - 10.4103/ajm.ajm_153_18
Subject(s) - medicine , spinal cord , spastic quadriplegia , surgery , physical therapy , cerebral palsy , psychiatry
The incidence of neurenteric cyst (NC) is rare, accounting for 0.3%–1.3% of all spine tumors. The occurrence of quadriplegia caused by NC is even scarcer. Herein we report on a young girl with a rare NC over the C2-C5 spinal cord, which led to the morbidity of permanent quadriplegia despite early surgical intervention. This case highlights the rare morbidity of cervical cord NC presenting with permanent quadriplegia that failed to respond despite early surgical excision.