CERVICAL CONGENITAL MIDLINE MENINGOCELES IN ADULTS

Duz B., ARSLAN E., Goenuel E.

NEUROSURGERY, cilt.63, sa.5, ss.938-944, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 63 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1227/01.neu.0000327577.49724.32
  • Dergi Adı: NEUROSURGERY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.938-944
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

OBJECTIVE: The clinical presentation, biomechanical evaluation, and surgical techniques for repairing cervical meningoceles in adulthood are presented. Cervical meningoceles are typically diagnosed in childhood and are rarely reported among spinal dysraphic lesions in adulthood. In most cases, the cervical spinal cord is found tethered to the dura and other soft tissues by fibrous or fibroneural elements. Cervical lesions, unlike those that arise more caudally, rarely leak cerebrospinal fluid.