NEURENTERIC CYST - ANTENATAL DIAGNOSIS AND THERAPEUTIC APPROACH

We hereby report the second ease of antenatally diagnosed ''neurenteri c cyst'' in the literature. The patient we describe presented as a neo natal respiratory distress syndrome (NRDS) which? did not respond to a vigorous resuscitation. Anomaly oi the antenatal ultrasonography and of the initial chest x-ray added to the nonresponse to therapy led us to an urgent thoracic scan and to a lifesaving thoracotomy. We think t hat every posterior mediastinal cystic mass, with or without vertebral malformations, diagnosed antenatally should raise the possibility of neurenteric cyst. The perinatal manage ment of-the newborn to be, will thus be simplified. This will lead to a better outcome.