Multilobed cystic dilation of the ventriculus terminalis (CDVT)

BMJ Case Rep. 2013 May 15:2013:bcr2013008654. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2013-008654.

Abstract

The cystic dilation of ventriculus terminalis (CDVT) is a rare anatomical variant in adulthood. In this report we describe a new case of an adult with multilobed CDVT, causing low-back pain and subjective disturbances in walking. A myelotomy with fenestration of the cyst was performed with a good clinical and radiological outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cysts / complications*
  • Cysts / pathology
  • Cysts / surgery
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / complications
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / pathology
  • Dilatation, Pathologic / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Low Back Pain / etiology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Spinal Cord / abnormalities*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / complications*
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / pathology
  • Spinal Cord Diseases / surgery