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Case Report
An Isolated Spinal Meningocele Discovered Fortuitously on a CT Scan:
Case Report
Author(s): Bouchentouf R, Benjelloun A and Yasser ZBouchentouf R, Benjelloun A and Yasser Z
A spinal meningocele is a saccular protrusion of the meninges through a dilated intervertebral foramen or a bony defect of the vertebral column. Intrathoracic meningocele is a rare condition. Only a few cases were related in the literature. It is usually associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. Isolated intrathoracic meningoceles without neurofibromatosis are more uncommon. We report a case of isolated paraspinal meningocele in a 54 old-year-man, for whom the diagnosis was established by computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging features.
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DOI:
10.4172/2165-7920.1000545
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