Choe Eugenie, Hwang Kihwan, Choe Gheeyoung, Kim Chae-Yong
Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
Brain Tumor Res Treat. 2017 Apr;5(1):42-44. doi: 10.14791/btrt.2017.5.1.42. Epub 2017 Apr 30.
This report presents a case of fourth ventricle neurenteric cyst (NE cyst) mimicking hemangioblastoma, which developed in a 50-year-old woman. A tiny enhancing mural portion of the fourth ventricle in MRI suggested that the cyst was hemangioblastoma, but pathological evidence showed that the cyst was in fact NE cyst in the fourth ventricle. In order to make proper decision on to what extent of surgical resection should be done, considering every possibility in differential diagnosis might be helpful. This case reports an unusual pathology in 4th ventricle, considering the patient's age, and demonstrates that a rarer disease may share radiological features of a common disease.
本报告介绍了一例发生在一名50岁女性身上的、酷似血管母细胞瘤的第四脑室神经肠囊肿(NE囊肿)。MRI显示第四脑室有一个微小的强化壁结节,提示囊肿为血管母细胞瘤,但病理证据表明该囊肿实际上是第四脑室的NE囊肿。为了对手术切除的范围做出恰当决策,考虑鉴别诊断中的各种可能性可能会有所帮助。考虑到患者的年龄,本病例报告了第四脑室一种不寻常的病理情况,并表明一种罕见疾病可能具有常见疾病的放射学特征。