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PubMed2000

Transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele in adults.

BACKGROUND: Transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele is a rare congenital anomaly, reported only in 14 adult patients. It may be subdivided into intrasphenoidal, extending into the sphenoid sinus, and true transsphenoidal, traversing the floor of the sinus and protruding into the nasal cavity or nasopharynx. METHODS: We present the eighth case of true transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele reported in an adult. We review the literature and highlight the differences in clinical presentation and therapeutic management between patients with intrasphenoidal and true transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele. CONCLUSION: Adult patients with intrasphenoidal meningoencephalocele often present with rhinorrhea and should be considered for transsphenoidal repair, whereas patients with true transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele should not undergo surgery, in view of the complex anatomy and the slow progression of symptoms.

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PubMed2001

An unusual post-traumatic occipitocervical pseudomeningocele: case report.

BACKGROUND: A rare case of massive post-traumatic subcutaneous pseudomeningocele probably communicating with the cisterna magna, is reported. CASE DESCRIPTION: An 8-year-old boy sustained a severe injury to the nape of the neck, after which he developed a huge local subcutaneous swelling containing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Communication of the subcutaneous CSF collection with the cisterna magna or any other site of dural fistula could not be identified. After a lumbo-peritoneal CSF shunt, the swelling resolved completely. CONCLUSION: The clinical features of a rare case of symptomatic post-traumatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudomeningocele are elaborated.

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PubMed1994

Neurovisual findings in the syndrome of spontaneous intracranial hypotension from dural cerebrospinal fluid leak.

BACKGROUND: Spontaneous intracranial hypotension has been considered a rare clinical entity, with less than 75 cases reported in the medical literature. With the advent of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), spontaneous intracranial hypotension currently is being recognized more frequently. The authors report the neurovisual manifestations of this disorder in a consecutive series of three patients. METHODS: Each patient underwent clinical examination, computerized visual field testing, and MRI. After treatment, each patient was re-examined, and MRI was repeated. RESULTS: Two patients had transient visual obscurations and unusual binasal visual field defects on automated perimetry. A third patient had diplopia from an abducens nerve paresis. After treatment of spontaneous intracranial hypotension, these findings improved or resolved. CONCLUSIONS: This case series, and a review of previously reported cases, indicates that neurovisual problems are common in patients with spontaneous intracranial hypotension. Findings may include diplopia from sixth nerve paresis, transient visual obscurations, blurred vision, visual field defects, photophobia, and nystagmus.

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Intrasphenoidal meningoencephalocele: a case report.

A case of intrasphenoidal meningoencephalocele is presented, representing the eighth case report in English language literature. The major presenting symptom was retro-orbital headache. The patient also had cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea and a history of recurrent meningitis. Diagnosis was suspected on the basis of plain radiographs of the sinuses and was confirmed by computed tomography scan. The meningoencephalocele was reduced via a sublabial, transseptal sphenoidotomy approach with improvement of the patient's symptoms. Management and treatment of isolated sphenoid sinus lesions are discussed as well as the pathophysiology of intrasphenoidal meningoencephaloceles.

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PubMed2004

[Intradiploic parietal meningoencephalocele].

Intradiploic meningoencephalocele is rarely found in adulthood. It is thought to be postraumatic and must be differenciated from congenital encephalocele. Imaging findings, particularly with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, are useful in determining the various linings and contents of this intradiploic defect.

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PubMed1999

Symptomatic sacral extradural arachnoid cyst associated with lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst.

A case of sacral extradural arachnoid cyst associated with lumbar intradural arachnoid cyst in a 35-year-old male is reported. The patient presented with a history of severe sacrococcygeal pain, constipation, and dysuria for several months. Computed tomographic (CT) myelograms and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans showed a huge sacral cyst without neural components. A favorable outcome could be achieved by decompression of the cyst, obliteration of the fistulous channel between the cyst and the thecal sac, and fenestration of the arachnoid cyst into the subarachnoid space. The relevant literatures are also reviewed.

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