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. 1982 Jul;58(681):424–426. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.58.681.424

Childhood cervical enterogenous cyst presenting with hemiparesis

P Y C Woo, M M Sharr
PMCID: PMC2426524  PMID: 7122385

Abstract

The clinical features of a cervical enterogenous cyst in a one-year-old boy mimicked those of an intracranial mass. Following removal of the cyst the neurological signs rapidly disappeared. The literature is reviewed from histological and clinical aspects and a classification of these cysts is proposed.

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