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Thoracic Meningocele

MedGen UID:
768676
•Concept ID:
C3640036
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A congenital abnormality in the thoracic region of the spine in which the meninges protrude through a defect in the spinal column. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThoracic Meningocele

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The effects of delayed diagnosis and treatment in patients with an occult spinal dysraphism.
Satar N, Bauer SB, Shefner J, Kelly MD, Darbey MM
J Urol 1995 Aug;154(2 Pt 2):754-8. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199508000-00113. PMID: 7609171

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Chen HC, Chang PH, Jhang SW, Wang BY
J Cardiothorac Surg 2014 May 13;9:85. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-85. PMID: 24886418Free PMC Article
Cystoperitoneal shunt as alternative treatment for a giant thoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Vanhauwaert DJ, Deruytter MJ
Surg Neurol 2008 May;69(5):535-7. Epub 2008 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.02.058. PMID: 18262243
Thoracic meningocele, meningomyelocele or myelocystocele? Diagnostic difficulties, consequent implications and treatment.
Arts MP, de Jong TH
Pediatr Neurosurg 2004 Mar-Apr;40(2):75-9. doi: 10.1159/000078912. PMID: 15292637

Diagnosis

Sensory neuronopathy in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: A case report.
Kang YR, Hong SM, Choi JH, Lee SJ, Kim JM, Wook Kang K, Nam TS
Medicine (Baltimore) 2022 Nov 11;101(45):e31718. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000031718. PMID: 36397418Free PMC Article
Isolated true anterior thoracic meningocele.
Oner AY, Uzun M, Tokgöz N, Tali ET
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004 Nov-Dec;25(10):1828-30. PMID: 15569757Free PMC Article
Unusual causes of spinal foraminal widening.
Zibis AH, Markonis A, Karantanas AH
Eur Radiol 2000;10(1):144-8. doi: 10.1007/s003300050022. PMID: 10663733
Primary mediastinal tumors: part II. Tumors of the middle and posterior mediastinum.
Strollo DC, Rosado-de-Christenson ML, Jett JR
Chest 1997 Nov 5;112(5):1344-57. doi: 10.1378/chest.112.5.1344. PMID: 9367479
Lateral thoracic meningocele.
Booth AE
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1969 Apr;32(2):111-5. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.32.2.111. PMID: 5783286Free PMC Article

Therapy

Spinal congenital dermal sinus associated with upper thoracic meningocele. Case Report.
Kara NN
Neurosurg Focus 2003 Jul 15;15(1):ECP2. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.15.1.13. PMID: 15355015

Prognosis

A case of lethal spontaneous massive hemothorax in a patient with neurofibromatosis 1.
Föhrding LZ, Sellmann T, Angenendt S, Kindgen-Milles D, Topp SA, Korbmacher B, Lichtenberg A, Knoefel WT
J Cardiothorac Surg 2014 Oct 29;9:172. doi: 10.1186/s13019-014-0172-y. PMID: 25348553Free PMC Article
Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
Chen HC, Chang PH, Jhang SW, Wang BY
J Cardiothorac Surg 2014 May 13;9:85. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-85. PMID: 24886418Free PMC Article
Spontaneous subarachnoid pleural fistula: a rare complication of lateral thoracic meningocele.
Kumar V, Bundela YS, Gupta V, Dua S, Singh AK
Neurol India 2010 May-Jun;58(3):466-7. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.66086. PMID: 20644282
Cornelia de Lange syndrome associated with thoracic meningocele.
Mutlu M, Dilber B, Aslan Y
Clin Dysmorphol 2010 Jul;19(3):161-163. doi: 10.1097/MCD.0b013e328338f8b3. PMID: 20375878
Thoracic meningocele, meningomyelocele or myelocystocele? Diagnostic difficulties, consequent implications and treatment.
Arts MP, de Jong TH
Pediatr Neurosurg 2004 Mar-Apr;40(2):75-9. doi: 10.1159/000078912. PMID: 15292637

Clinical prediction guides

Giant Thoracic Meningocele: A Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach with Innovative Exclusion Technique.
Corazzelli G, Marvulli M, Cioffi V, Di Colandrea S, Fiorelli A, de Falco R, Bocchetti A
World Neurosurg 2024 Sep;189:4-6. Epub 2024 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.05.075. PMID: 38777317
Thoracic meningocele in lumbo-costo-vertebral syndrome in a child: possible enlargement with repeated motion by anchoring to the diaphragm.
Wataya T, Horikawa K, Kitagawa M, Tashiro Y
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2016 Aug;18(2):183-6. Epub 2016 Apr 8 doi: 10.3171/2016.2.PEDS15598. PMID: 27058456
Spinal congenital dermal sinus associated with upper thoracic meningocele. Case Report.
Kara NN
Neurosurg Focus 2003 Jul 15;15(1):ECP2. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.15.1.13. PMID: 15355015
Resolution of Chiari malformation after repair of a congenital thoracic meningocele: case report and literature review.
Madhok R, Mazzola CA, Pollack IF
Neurosurgery 2002 Dec;51(6):1489-91; discussion 1491-2. PMID: 12445356
The effects of delayed diagnosis and treatment in patients with an occult spinal dysraphism.
Satar N, Bauer SB, Shefner J, Kelly MD, Darbey MM
J Urol 1995 Aug;154(2 Pt 2):754-8. doi: 10.1097/00005392-199508000-00113. PMID: 7609171

Recent systematic reviews

Multidisciplinary approach for repair of a large ventral thoracic meningocele in neurofibromatosis-1; a systematic review of the literature and case report.
Lehner K, Lubelski D, Witham T, Luciano M, Tuffaha S, Yang R, Yang S, Belzberg A
Clin Neurol Neurosurg 2021 Nov;210:106996. Epub 2021 Oct 22 doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2021.106996. PMID: 34739882

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