Spinal neurenteric cyst presenting in infancy with chronic fever and acutemyelopathy

The authors describe the clinical, radiologic, and pathologic features of a neonatal spinal neurenteric cyst (NC) presenting with long-lasting fever a nd acute myelopathy, and compare this observation with other infants report ed in th a literature. This observation shows that NC must be considered in the differential diagnosis of acute myelopathy with persistent fever in in fancy. Fever is attributed to degenerative changes in the NC, triggering in flammatory cell infiltration and tumor necrosis factor alpha secretion.