Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis

Intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis type I are rare, and the optimal treatment is still unknown. Herein, we present the case of a 48-year-old Asian female with a huge thoracic meningocele associated with cutaneous neurofibromatosis type I and kyphoscoliosis of the thoracic s...

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Autores principales: Chen, Heng-Chung, Chang, Ping-Hsien, Jhang, Shang-Wun, Wang, Bing-Yen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4044411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886418
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-85
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author Chen, Heng-Chung
Chang, Ping-Hsien
Jhang, Shang-Wun
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description Intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis type I are rare, and the optimal treatment is still unknown. Herein, we present the case of a 48-year-old Asian female with a huge thoracic meningocele associated with cutaneous neurofibromatosis type I and kyphoscoliosis of the thoracic spine. The large thoracic meningocele was successfully treated through thoracoscopic plication.
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spelling pubmed-40444112014-06-05 Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis Chen, Heng-Chung Chang, Ping-Hsien Jhang, Shang-Wun Wang, Bing-Yen J Cardiothorac Surg Case Report Intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis type I are rare, and the optimal treatment is still unknown. Herein, we present the case of a 48-year-old Asian female with a huge thoracic meningocele associated with cutaneous neurofibromatosis type I and kyphoscoliosis of the thoracic spine. The large thoracic meningocele was successfully treated through thoracoscopic plication. BioMed Central 2014-05-13 /pmc/articles/PMC4044411/ /pubmed/24886418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-9-85 Text en Copyright © 2014 Chen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Chen, Heng-Chung
Chang, Ping-Hsien
Jhang, Shang-Wun
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Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title_full Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title_fullStr Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title_full_unstemmed Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title_short Thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with Neurofibromatosis
title_sort thoracoscopic plication for a huge thoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4044411/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886418
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