NOUN
- a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)
How To Use meningocele In A Sentence
- But doctors say he has meningocele, a form of spina bifida where the spinal cord develops abnormally. The Sun
- The differential diagnoses for tailgut cysts include teratoma, dermoid cyst, duplication cyst (enterogenous cyst), anal gland cyst, and anterior sacral meningocele.
- Occasionally a deficiency in the osseous material of the cranium or an abnormal dilatation of the fontanelles gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- They are known as (1) _meningocele_, which consists of a protrusion of a cul-de-sac of the arachno-pial membrane, containing cerebro-spinal fluid; (2) _encephalocele_, in which a portion of the brain is protruded in addition to the membranes; and (3) _hydrencephalocele_, in which the protruded portion of brain includes a part of one of the ventricles. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- The Pediatric Anorectal Continence Evaluation Program (PACE), a comprehensive treatment program for children with bowel management needs related to anorectal malformation, Hirschsprung's disease, and myelomeningocele. Pediatric surgery services: ECMO, transplant
- Larkin and Jones mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- A less common situation is the anterior part of the orbit, near the nasal wall, and this variety, from its position and from the fact that it is usually met with in children, is liable to be confused with orbital meningocele or encephalocele. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- A meningocele, as it contains no nerve elements, may be translucent. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition.
- gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele (Fig. 96). Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
- Larkin and Jones 6.212 mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
