Presence of a meningioma in a cervical myelomeningocele sac.

Acta Neurochir (Wien)

Department of Neurosurgery, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey.

Published: December 2008

An 11-year-old female, presented with a cervical myelomeningocele. Interestingly, the myelomeningocele sac was seen to contain a meningioma. There are no aetiological factors in the embryogenetic period that would lead to such a combination of lesions. In our opinion, the meningioma appeared in a later period because of local factors.

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