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Case Rep Neurol Med
January 2025
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Determining the differential diagnosis of small scalp cysts identified on a fetus is difficult. In particular, many physicians have difficulty differentiating small meningoceles from small scalp cysts during the prenatal period. Volume contrast imaging increases contrast between tissues, thereby allowing an enhanced view of target structures.
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November 2024
Medical Park Ankara Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara, Türkiye.
Neural tube defects (NTD), caused by a disturbance in the neurulation process, are easily diagnosed and treated in the early years of life. Although early repair of NTD is advocated, there is lacking information on its natural course. There are only 11 cases, including this one, reported in literature of a cervical meningocele diagnosed and treated in an adult.
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August 2024
Radiodiagnosis, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, IND.
Prenatal ultrasonography (USG) plays a crucial role in diagnosing fetal urinary tract anomalies and distinguishing between lower urinary tract obstructive (LUTO) and neurological causes (seen with spinal dysraphism, myelomeningocele, meningocele, and sacral agenesis) of urinary bladder distension. Fetal urinary ascites, a rare but severe complication, can result from bladder rupture associated with obstructive uropathy such as posterior urethral valves (PUV). This case study presents a rare instance of fetal urinary ascites due to PUV detected during prenatal ultrasonography at 20 weeks of gestation (WOG).
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February 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0004, Japan.
Background: Diagnosed intrathoracic meningocele is an uncommon complication of neurofibromatosis type 1. We report an anesthesia management for a rare case undergoing thoracoscopic resection of a huge intrathoracic meningocele.
Case Presentation: A 51-year-old woman was scheduled for thoracoscopic meningectomy under general anesthesia.
Childs Nerv Syst
April 2024
Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
In this case report, we aimed to describe the clinical presentation, surgical approach, and follow-up of a patient with rare anterior meningocele associated with rectothecal fistula. An 17-year-old female patient was admitted to the emergency department with meningitis. On further examinations, an anterior sacral meningocele accompanied by rectothecal fistula was detected.
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