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Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord

Neural tube defects are a group of birth defects that affect the development of the spinal cord and brain. Myelomeningocele is a type of neural tube defect that results in the protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral column. While myelomeningocele is a relatively...

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Autores principales: Msheik, Ali, Abbass, Daniel, Bayram, Mohamad, Awde, Ahmad, Al Mokdad, Zeinab
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10165719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168187
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37278
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author Msheik, Ali
Abbass, Daniel
Bayram, Mohamad
Awde, Ahmad
Al Mokdad, Zeinab
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description Neural tube defects are a group of birth defects that affect the development of the spinal cord and brain. Myelomeningocele is a type of neural tube defect that results in the protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral column. While myelomeningocele is a relatively rare condition, cervical myelomeningocele is extremely uncommon. The condition can lead to various neurological problems and atrophies and is typically diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy using an ultrasound examination. Surgical intervention is typically recommended to repair the affected vertebral column. In this report, we describe the case of a four-month-old baby boy who was diagnosed with a cervical myelocystocele and successfully treated surgically. The patient had an excellent postoperative status, and this case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and intervention in the management of this rare condition.
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spelling pubmed-101657192023-05-09 Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord Msheik, Ali Abbass, Daniel Bayram, Mohamad Awde, Ahmad Al Mokdad, Zeinab Cureus Pediatrics Neural tube defects are a group of birth defects that affect the development of the spinal cord and brain. Myelomeningocele is a type of neural tube defect that results in the protrusion of the spinal cord and meninges through a defect in the vertebral column. While myelomeningocele is a relatively rare condition, cervical myelomeningocele is extremely uncommon. The condition can lead to various neurological problems and atrophies and is typically diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy using an ultrasound examination. Surgical intervention is typically recommended to repair the affected vertebral column. In this report, we describe the case of a four-month-old baby boy who was diagnosed with a cervical myelocystocele and successfully treated surgically. The patient had an excellent postoperative status, and this case highlights the importance of early diagnosis and intervention in the management of this rare condition. Cureus 2023-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10165719/ /pubmed/37168187 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37278 Text en Copyright © 2023, Msheik et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Msheik, Ali
Abbass, Daniel
Bayram, Mohamad
Awde, Ahmad
Al Mokdad, Zeinab
Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title_full Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title_fullStr Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title_full_unstemmed Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title_short Cervical Myelocystocele: A One-in-50,000 Congenital Abnormality of the Spinal Cord
title_sort cervical myelocystocele: a one-in-50,000 congenital abnormality of the spinal cord
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10165719/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37168187
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37278
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