Open AccessIsolated giant intrathoracic meningocele associated with vertebral corpus deformity
Author(s) -
Mehmet Turgut
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1569-9293
pISSN - 1569-9285
DOI - 10.1016/j.icvts.2004.02.009
Subject(s) - medicine , neurofibromatosis , etiology , anatomy , thoracic vertebrae , deformity , radiology , surgery , lumbar vertebrae , pathology , lumbar
Published reports of intrathoracic meningocele with vertebral corpus defects in the absence of neurofibromatosis are very rare. We report a 9-year-old male with intrathoracic meningocele. We believe that vertebral corpus defects may play a certain role in the etiology of intrathoracic meningocele.
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