U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Lumbar Meningocele

MedGen UID:
768675
•Concept ID:
C3640035
•
Disease or Syndrome

Definition

A congenital abnormality in the lumbar 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  
  • CROGVLumbar Meningocele

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of lumbar and intrathoracic meningocele: bioethical implications.
Tornali C, Pratico' A, Vecchio F, Polizzi A, Ruggieri M, Vecchio I
Acta Biomed 2021 Jul 1;92(3):e2021211. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92i3.11600. PMID: 34212901Free PMC Article
Spinal arachnoid cysts in adults: diagnosis and management. A single-center experience.
Fam MD, Woodroffe RW, Helland L, Noeller J, Dahdaleh NS, Menezes AH, Hitchon PW
J Neurosurg Spine 2018 Dec 1;29(6):711-719. doi: 10.3171/2018.5.SPINE1820. PMID: 30265227
Surgical dural tears: prevalence and updated management protocol based on 1359 lumbar vertebra interventions.
Wolff S, Kheirredine W, Riouallon G
Orthop Traumatol Surg Res 2012 Dec;98(8):879-86. Epub 2012 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.otsr.2012.06.016. PMID: 23158786

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Stereotactic neuroendoscopic management of hydrocephalus: a three-year follow-up and analysis of Malaysian children with aqueduct stenosis.
Abdullah J, Ariff AR, Ghazaime G, Naing NN
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2001;76(3-4):175-80. doi: 10.1159/000066716. PMID: 12378096

Diagnosis

Filum Terminale Ependymoma in an Infant with Meningocele.
Huh A, Archer J, Gondim M, Ackerman LL, Fulkerson D
Pediatr Neurosurg 2020;55(1):46-50. Epub 2020 Jan 21 doi: 10.1159/000503638. PMID: 31962322
Rapidly progressive paraplegia due to an extradural lumbar meningocele mimicking a cyst. Case report.
Fiss I, Danne M, Hartmann C, Brock M, Stendel R
J Neurosurg Spine 2007 Jul;7(1):75-9. doi: 10.3171/SPI-07/07/075. PMID: 17633492
Prenatal diagnosis of diastematomyelia.
Sonigo-Cohen P, Schmit P, Zerah M, Chat L, Simon I, Aubry MC, Gonzales M, Pierre-Kahn A, Brunelle F
Childs Nerv Syst 2003 Aug;19(7-8):555-60. Epub 2003 Jul 4 doi: 10.1007/s00381-003-0771-8. PMID: 12845458
Meningocele-induced positional syncope and retinal hemorrhage.
Bekavac I, Halloran JI
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003 May;24(5):838-9. PMID: 12748081Free PMC Article
Thoracic and lumbar meningocele in neurofibromatosis type 1. Report of two cases and review of the literature.
Rainov NG, Heidecke V, Burkert W
Neurosurg Rev 1995;18(2):127-34. doi: 10.1007/BF00417670. PMID: 7478016

Prognosis

Prenatal diagnosis of diastematomyelia.
Sonigo-Cohen P, Schmit P, Zerah M, Chat L, Simon I, Aubry MC, Gonzales M, Pierre-Kahn A, Brunelle F
Childs Nerv Syst 2003 Aug;19(7-8):555-60. Epub 2003 Jul 4 doi: 10.1007/s00381-003-0771-8. PMID: 12845458
Stereotactic neuroendoscopic management of hydrocephalus: a three-year follow-up and analysis of Malaysian children with aqueduct stenosis.
Abdullah J, Ariff AR, Ghazaime G, Naing NN
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2001;76(3-4):175-80. doi: 10.1159/000066716. PMID: 12378096

Clinical prediction guides

Rapidly progressive paraplegia due to an extradural lumbar meningocele mimicking a cyst. Case report.
Fiss I, Danne M, Hartmann C, Brock M, Stendel R
J Neurosurg Spine 2007 Jul;7(1):75-9. doi: 10.3171/SPI-07/07/075. PMID: 17633492
Stereotactic neuroendoscopic management of hydrocephalus: a three-year follow-up and analysis of Malaysian children with aqueduct stenosis.
Abdullah J, Ariff AR, Ghazaime G, Naing NN
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 2001;76(3-4):175-80. doi: 10.1159/000066716. PMID: 12378096

Supplemental Content

Table of contents

    Practice guidelines

    • PubMed
      See practice and clinical guidelines in PubMed. The search results may include broader topics and may not capture all published guidelines. See the FAQ for details.

    Recent activity

    Clear Turn Off Turn On

    Your browsing activity is empty.

    Activity recording is turned off.

    Turn recording back on

    See more...