Gu Jianwen, Yang Tao, Xing Xuemin, Kuang Yongqin, Cheng Gangge, Zhang Junhai, Huang Yongan, Zhang Baoguo, Dong Lianqiang, Mao Qinwen
Department of Neurosurgery, Air Force General Hospital, 30 Fucheng Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100142, China.
Department of Neurosurgery, Chengdu Military General Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.
J Clin Neurosci. 2015 May;22(5):917-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2014.10.027. Epub 2015 Mar 20.
Neurenteric cysts (NC) are rare, endodermal-derived intracranial lesions, commonly located anteriorly in the posterior cranial fossa. We describe a rare case of a giant posterior fossa NC (6.5 × 5.9 × 4.3cm) located dorsal to the brain stem in a Chinese woman with a 1 week history of cerebellar symptoms. To our knowledge, this is the largest documented cyst of this type and the third dorsally located NC in the posterior fossa.