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Lateral spinal meningocele

MedGen UID:
1693481
•Concept ID:
C5139370
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032478

Definition

Protrusion of the arachnoid and dura through spinal foramina. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLateral spinal meningocele

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Neurosurgical Management of Lateral Meningocele Syndrome: A Clinical Update for the Pediatric Neurosurgeon.
Cuoco JA, Klein BJ, Busch CM, Gosnell HL, Kar A, Marvin EA, Apfel LS
Pediatr Neurosurg 2020;55(1):2-11. Epub 2019 Dec 13 doi: 10.1159/000504060. PMID: 31838470

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Transdural Spinal Cord Herniation: An Exceptional Complication of Thoracoscopic Discectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
Pommier B, Grelat M, Messerer R, Portet S, Barrey CY
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2021 Jun 15;21(1):E48. doi: 10.1093/ons/opab058. PMID: 33646299
Spontaneous closure of myelomeningocele.
Schulz LN, Tecle NE, Cleary R, Mercier P
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Apr;36(4):869-871. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04454-z. PMID: 32025870
Is there a causal relationship between open spinal dysraphism and Chiari II deformity? A study using in utero magnetic resonance imaging of the fetus.
Batty R, Vitta L, Whitby EH, Griffiths PD
Neurosurgery 2012 Apr;70(4):890-8; discussion 898-9. doi: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318237a6c1. PMID: 21946507
Spectrum of nonterminal myelocystoceles.
Rossi A, Piatelli G, Gandolfo C, Pavanello M, Hoffmann C, Van Goethem JW, Cama A, Tortori-Donati P
Neurosurgery 2006 Mar;58(3):509-15; discussion 509-15. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000197122.92954.82. PMID: 16528191
Assessment of vertebral scalloping in neurofibromatosis type 1 with plain radiography and MRI.
Tsirikos AI, Ramachandran M, Lee J, Saifuddin A
Clin Radiol 2004 Nov;59(11):1009-17. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.04.006. PMID: 15488850

Diagnosis

Expansion of the phenotype of lateral meningocele syndrome.
Cappuccio G, Apuzzo D, Alagia M, Torella A, Pinelli M, Franco B, Corrado B, Del Giudice E, D'Amico A, Nigro V; TUDP, Brunetti-Pierri N
Am J Med Genet A 2020 May;182(5):1259-1262. Epub 2020 Mar 6 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61536. PMID: 32141180Free PMC Article
Spontaneous closure of myelomeningocele.
Schulz LN, Tecle NE, Cleary R, Mercier P
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Apr;36(4):869-871. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04454-z. PMID: 32025870
Late diagnosis of lateral meningocele syndrome in a 55-year-old woman with symptoms of joint instability and chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Castori M, Morlino S, Ritelli M, Brancati F, De Bernardo C, Colombi M, Grammatico P
Am J Med Genet A 2014 Feb;164A(2):528-34. Epub 2013 Dec 5 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36301. PMID: 24311540
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
Lateral cervical meningocele.
Shore RM, Chun RW, Strother CM
Clin Pediatr (Phila) 1982 Jul;21(7):430-3. doi: 10.1177/000992288202100709. PMID: 7083714

Therapy

Transdural Spinal Cord Herniation: An Exceptional Complication of Thoracoscopic Discectomy: 2-Dimensional Operative Video.
Pommier B, Grelat M, Messerer R, Portet S, Barrey CY
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2021 Jun 15;21(1):E48. doi: 10.1093/ons/opab058. PMID: 33646299
Spontaneous closure of myelomeningocele.
Schulz LN, Tecle NE, Cleary R, Mercier P
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Apr;36(4):869-871. Epub 2020 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04454-z. PMID: 32025870
Streptococcus Oralis meningitis from right sphenoid Meningoencephalocele and cerebrospinal fluid leak.
Patel K, Memon Z, Prince A, Park C, Sajan A, Ilyas N
BMC Infect Dis 2019 Nov 11;19(1):960. doi: 10.1186/s12879-019-4472-7. PMID: 31711423Free PMC Article
US of the spinal cord in newborns: spectrum of normal findings, variants, congenital anomalies, and acquired diseases.
Unsinn KM, Geley T, Freund MC, Gassner I
Radiographics 2000 Jul-Aug;20(4):923-38. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl06923. PMID: 10903684
Brachial plexopathy in infants after traumatic delivery: evaluation with MR imaging.
Miller SF, Glasier CM, Griebel ML, Boop FA
Radiology 1993 Nov;189(2):481-4. doi: 10.1148/radiology.189.2.8210376. PMID: 8210376

Prognosis

Occipitocervical fixation using occipital bone hooks and cervical lateral mass screws: analysis of 16 cases.
Akbay A, Isikay I, Orunoglu M
Turk Neurosurg 2014;24(4):558-64. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.11444-14.0. PMID: 25050682
Patient with congenital optic nerve meningocele presenting with left orbital cyst.
Spooler JC, Cho D, Ray A, Zouros A
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Feb;25(2):267-9. Epub 2008 Nov 21 doi: 10.1007/s00381-008-0747-9. PMID: 19023577
Spectrum of nonterminal myelocystoceles.
Rossi A, Piatelli G, Gandolfo C, Pavanello M, Hoffmann C, Van Goethem JW, Cama A, Tortori-Donati P
Neurosurgery 2006 Mar;58(3):509-15; discussion 509-15. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000197122.92954.82. PMID: 16528191
Epithelioid hemangioendothelioma and multiple thoraco-lumbar lateral meningoceles: two rare pathological entities in a patient with NF-1.
Reis C, Carneiro E, Fonseca J, Pereira P, Vaz R, Pinto R, Capelinha AF, Lopes JM, Salgado A
Neuroradiology 2005 Feb;47(2):165-9. Epub 2005 Feb 2 doi: 10.1007/s00234-004-1321-0. PMID: 15688204
Brachial plexopathy in infants after traumatic delivery: evaluation with MR imaging.
Miller SF, Glasier CM, Griebel ML, Boop FA
Radiology 1993 Nov;189(2):481-4. doi: 10.1148/radiology.189.2.8210376. PMID: 8210376

Clinical prediction guides

Multiple-Layer Lumbosacral Pseudomeningocele Repair with Bilateral Paraspinous Muscle Flaps and Literature Review.
Banerjee C, Cross B, Rumley J, Devine J, Ritter E, Vender J
World Neurosurg 2020 Dec;144:e693-e700. Epub 2020 Sep 14 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.09.038. PMID: 32942058
Spinal osteotomy in the presence of massive lumbar epidural scarring.
Arlet V
Eur Spine J 2015 Jan;24 Suppl 1:S93-106. Epub 2014 Nov 27 doi: 10.1007/s00586-014-3652-9. PMID: 25427670
Late diagnosis of lateral meningocele syndrome in a 55-year-old woman with symptoms of joint instability and chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Castori M, Morlino S, Ritelli M, Brancati F, De Bernardo C, Colombi M, Grammatico P
Am J Med Genet A 2014 Feb;164A(2):528-34. Epub 2013 Dec 5 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36301. PMID: 24311540
Traumatic spinal-cord herniation associated with pseudomeningocele after lower-thoracic nerve-root avulsion.
Ijiri K, Hida K, Yano S, Komiya S, Iwasaki Y
Spinal Cord 2009 Nov;47(11):829-31. Epub 2009 Apr 7 doi: 10.1038/sc.2009.38. PMID: 19350043
Spectrum of nonterminal myelocystoceles.
Rossi A, Piatelli G, Gandolfo C, Pavanello M, Hoffmann C, Van Goethem JW, Cama A, Tortori-Donati P
Neurosurgery 2006 Mar;58(3):509-15; discussion 509-15. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000197122.92954.82. PMID: 16528191

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