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Spontaneous hemothorax in Neurofibromatosis type 1 with a giant intrathoracic meningocele and intracystic hematoma: Diagnostic value of postmortem CT [PDF]

Radiology Case Reports
We report a case of spontaneous hemothorax in a 48-year-old woman with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), presumed to result from rupture of an intrathoracic meningocele. She had been hospitalized for treatment of an intracranial carotid artery aneurysm and
Yohei Ikebe, MD, PhD, Taisuke Harada, MD, PhD, Zen-ichi Tanei, MD, PhD, Nanase Okazaki, MD, Toshiya Osanai, MD, PhD, Shinya Tanaka, MD, PhD, Kohsuke Kudo, MD, PhD   +6 more
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Ruptured giant lateral thoracic meningocele associated with intracranial hypotension syndrome in neurofibromatosis type 1: case report with long-term follow-up [PDF]

Frontiers in Oncology
Lateral thoracic meningocele is a rare clinical entity typically associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), which can progressively enlarge under the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pressure.
Wenfu Li, Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou, Hui Zhou
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Isolated Anterior Extradural Enterogenous Cyst of the Thoracic Spine Mimicking an Anterior Thoracic Meningocele: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Orthopaedic Case Reports
Introduction: Enterogenous cysts (also known as neurenteric cysts) are rare congenital lesions presumed to arise from an abnormal persistent communication between embryonic ectodermal and endodermal tissues.
Surya Prakash Rao Voleti, Apurve Parameswaran, Ranjith Mahesh Nellore, Raja Shekar Kaitepalli, Vidya Kedarisetti   +4 more
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Cranium Bifidum and Meningocele in the Caudal Aspect of a Lamb Head [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Veterinary Surgery, 2022
Meningocele is a congenital defect defined as a herniation of dura through the defect of cranial bone (cranium bifidum) with an accumulation of CSF in it. This anomaly has been described in calf, lamb, foal, piglet, dog, and cat.
Masoud Ahmadnejad, Vahid Najarnezhad, Seyed Mohammad Hashemi-Asl, Rahim Mohammadi   +3 more
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Thoracic meningocele in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1: A review of literature with illustration of a novel surgical challenge, and insights from histology

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2022
Background: 69% of thoracic meningoceles are associated with Neurofibromatosis type 1(NF1). Pathology is debated between being a saccular protrusion of dysplastic meninges through a vertebral defect, or a forme fruste of neurofibroma, with no ...
Ashraf A. Elsayed, Ali Rajabian, Asad Nabi, Daniel Du Plessis, K. Joshi George   +4 more
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Correlation of Oxidative Damage with Pro-Inflammatory Markers (IL-6, TNF-α) in Meningocele [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2016
Introduction: Oxidative damage induces alteration in the status of pro-inflammatory markers like IL-6 and TNF-α in meningocele. The study was performed with estimation of the levels of MDA (Malonyldialdehyde), SOD (Superoxide dismutase) taken as ...
Bedabrata Mukhopadhyay, Roshni Gavel, Ajay N. Gongopadhyay, Pooja Vashistha, Anjali Rani, Surendra Pratap Mishra   +5 more
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Retrospective evaluation of neonatal patients treated with the diagnosis of lumbosacral meningocele or meningomyelocele

Van Tıp Dergisi, 2019
INTRODUCTION: Meningocele/meningomyelocele is the most common malformation of medullaspinalis. In this study, clinical experience with meningocele / meningomyelocele treatment was reported and it was aimed to assist the patient with such pathology in ...
Özgür Demir
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Superinfected and Ruptured Occipital Meningocele: Case Report

Global Pediatric Health, 2023
Meningocele is a rare congenital malformation of the central nervous system resulting from a herniation of the meninges containing cerebrospinal fluid through a bony defect in the skull. It is part of neural tube closure anomalies.
Badr Kabila MD, Meriem Zhim MD, Amine Naggar MD, Siham el Hadad PhD, Nazik Allali PhD, Latifa Chat PhD   +5 more
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Postoperative meningocele spurious

Journal of Spinal Surgery, 2016
Lumbar meningocele spurious is a rare complication after lumbar spine surgeries. This results following a breach in the dural-arachnoid layer and extradural encapsulated cerebrospinal fluid collection. On review of the literature, less than 60 cases have
Abhishek Songara, Harshad Patil
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A meningocele complicating mastoidectomy – case considerations [PDF]

Romanian Journal of Medical Practice, 2016
Objective. To disscuss a less common complication of middle ear surgery. Meningoceles are dural herniations that can fill the mastoid cavities through congenital or aquired bony defects of the mastoid walls. They can complicate the postoperative course
Dan-Cristian GHEORGHE, Adina ZAMFIR-CHIRU-ANTON   +1 more
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