Open AccessMultiple Meningiomas of the Cervical Spinal Cord Associated with Klippel-Feil Malformation and Atlantooccipital Assimilation
Author(s) -
O. Holliday Peter,
Davis Courtland,
Angelo Jean
Publication year - 1984
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 - 10.1097/00006123-198403000-00019
Subject(s) - medicine , klippel–feil syndrome , spinal cord , anatomy , cervical spine , neurofibromatosis , diastematomyelia , pathology , surgery , psychiatry
A case of multiple meningiomas confined solely to the cervical spinal canal in association with multiple bony abnormalities of the cervical spine is presented. The relationship of this entity to neurofibromatosis, whether the central type or a form fruste, is explored. It is suggested that multiple meningiomas unassociated with other central or peripheral tumors may present a distinct clinical entity and may occur in an as yet uncharacterized familial pattern.