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What is a meningocele?

What is a meningocele? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A form of spina bifida in which a meningeal sac of cerebrospinal fluid protrudes through the skull.
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A meningocele, as it contains no nerve elements, may be translucent.
A precautionary magnetic resonance scan showed a meningocele, Arnold-Chiari malformation, gross hydrocephalus, and a normal fourth ventricle.
Compression, infraction, hydrocephalus, and meningocele are common.
However, doctors assert that the boy is suffering from meningocele, a form of spina bifida, where the spinal cord develops abnormally.
Rhabdomyomatous mesenchymal hamartoma associated with nasofrontal meningocele and dermoid cyst.
It is, however, often difficult to distinguish between a meningocele and meningo-myelocele.

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