Abstract
A 35 year old woman presented with two episodes of spastic paraparesis, occurring in the third trimester of two consecutive pregnancies. The neurological symptoms seemed to be caused by an intramedullary cyst in the thoracic spinal cord. The cyst was subtotally removed and histopathologically diagnosed as enterogenous cyst. Other congenital abnormalities were absent. The peculiar timing of the clinical manifestation of an intramedullary cyst has not been described before. An unequivocal explanation for this phenomenon is missing, but several factors related to pregnancy that may play a part are discussed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 528-530 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Enterogenous cyst
- Intramedullary cyst
- Spastic paraparesis
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