Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report
A meningocele is a congenital neural tube defect, and the majority of the meningocele cases are identified perinatally. We present the case of a 67-year-old patient with a sacral meningocele undiagnosed until the removal of a symptomatic epidermal inclusion cyst adjacent to it. Cerebrospinal fluid l...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9418621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36046288 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27385 |
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author | Morimoto, Takaaki Kitagawa, Masashi Koyanagi, Masaomi Kato, Kenichi Tsuzuki, Sadatoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamada, Keisuke |
author_facet | Morimoto, Takaaki Kitagawa, Masashi Koyanagi, Masaomi Kato, Kenichi Tsuzuki, Sadatoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamada, Keisuke |
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description | A meningocele is a congenital neural tube defect, and the majority of the meningocele cases are identified perinatally. We present the case of a 67-year-old patient with a sacral meningocele undiagnosed until the removal of a symptomatic epidermal inclusion cyst adjacent to it. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage occurred due to an incision in an undiagnosed meningocele adjacent to the epidermal inclusion cyst. Repair of the cerebrospinal fluid leakage was performed successfully without any deficit. The present case underscores the importance of considering a meningocele as a differential diagnosis for a mass occurring in the midline of the back at any age. |
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spelling | pubmed-94186212022-08-30 Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report Morimoto, Takaaki Kitagawa, Masashi Koyanagi, Masaomi Kato, Kenichi Tsuzuki, Sadatoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamada, Keisuke Cureus Dermatology A meningocele is a congenital neural tube defect, and the majority of the meningocele cases are identified perinatally. We present the case of a 67-year-old patient with a sacral meningocele undiagnosed until the removal of a symptomatic epidermal inclusion cyst adjacent to it. Cerebrospinal fluid leakage occurred due to an incision in an undiagnosed meningocele adjacent to the epidermal inclusion cyst. Repair of the cerebrospinal fluid leakage was performed successfully without any deficit. The present case underscores the importance of considering a meningocele as a differential diagnosis for a mass occurring in the midline of the back at any age. Cureus 2022-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC9418621/ /pubmed/36046288 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27385 Text en Copyright © 2022, Morimoto 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 | Dermatology Morimoto, Takaaki Kitagawa, Masashi Koyanagi, Masaomi Kato, Kenichi Tsuzuki, Sadatoshi Yamamoto, Tetsuro Yamada, Keisuke Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title | Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title_full | Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title_short | Incidental Sacral Meningocele in an Elderly Patient Diagnosed After Epidermal Inclusion Cyst Removal: A Case Report |
title_sort | incidental sacral meningocele in an elderly patient diagnosed after epidermal inclusion cyst removal: a case report |
topic | Dermatology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9418621/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36046288 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.27385 |
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