Open AccessAnterior Endoscopic Treatment of a Huge Anterior Sacral Meningocele: Technical Case Report
Author(s) -
Byung Chan Jeon,
Do-Heon Kim,
KiYoung Kwon
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
neurosurgery/neurosurgery online
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1081-1281
pISSN - 0148-396X
DOI - 10.1093/neurosurgery/52.5.1231
Subject(s) - medicine , sacrum , lumbosacral joint , surgery , subarachnoid space , myelography , magnetic resonance imaging , abdomen , radicular pain , radiology , spinal cord , lumbar , cerebrospinal fluid , pathology , psychiatry
OBJECTIVE AND IMPORTANCE Anterior endoscopic treatment of a huge anterior sacral meningocele, a rare example of spinal dysraphism, is described. CLINICAL PRESENTATION A 43-year-old woman presented with severe headache and fever, increasing abdominal pain, and a several-year history of right lower-extremity radicular pain. She exhibited meningeal irritation signs and Currarino's triad. Lumbosacral myelograms and magnetic resonance imaging scans revealed a huge anterior sacral cyst connected with the spinal subarachnoid space. INTERVENTION A straight rigid endoscope was introduced into the meningocele through a small abdominal incision. The fistula between the meningocele and the spinal subarachnoid space was obliterated with multiple fat grafts harvested from the abdomen. CONCLUSION An anterior endoscopic procedure is an alternative for the treatment of a huge anterior sacral meningocele.