Intrathoracic giant meningocele developing hydrothorax: a case report |
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| Authors: | Mizuno Junichi Nakagawa Hiroshi Yamada Takahisa Watabe Takeya |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Neurological Surgery, Aichi Medical University, Japan. jmizuno@amugw.aichi-med-u.ac.jp |
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| Abstract: | A 67-year-old woman with neurofibromatosis type 1 presented with progressive dyspnea. Radiologic evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging revealed progression of a giant meningocele associated with hydrothorax. Laminoplasty with incision of the meningocele and dural plasty was performed, although nerve rootlets were killed. Microsurgical incision of the neck of the meningocele is a favorable operation even in large meningoceles such as the present case. |
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