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Thoracic meningomyelocele

MedGen UID:
760703
•Concept ID:
C3536739
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Thoracic Meningomyelocele; Thoracic Myelomeningocele
SNOMED CT: Thoracic meningomyelocele (203986005)

Definition

A congenital abnormality in the thoracic region of the spine, in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through a defect in the spinal column. The protrusion is above the skin surface. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThoracic meningomyelocele

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Treatment of lumbar and intrathoracic meningocele: bioethical implications.
Tornali C, Pratico' A, Vecchio F, Polizzi A, Ruggieri M, Vecchio I
Acta Biomed 2021 Jul 1;92(3):e2021211. doi: 10.23750/abm.v92i3.11600. PMID: 34212901Free PMC Article
Myelomeningocele genotype-phenotype correlation findings in cilia, HH, PCP, and WNT signaling pathways.
Ortiz-Cruz G, Aguayo-Gómez A, Luna-Muñoz L, Muñoz-Téllez LA, Mutchinick OM
Birth Defects Res 2021 Mar;113(4):371-381. Epub 2021 Jan 19 doi: 10.1002/bdr2.1872. PMID: 33470056
Prenatal diagnosis and postnatal outcome of fetal spinal defects without Arnold-Chiari II malformation.
Hüsler MR, Danzer E, Johnson MP, Bebbington M, Sutton L, Adzick NS, Wilson RD
Prenat Diagn 2009 Nov;29(11):1050-7. doi: 10.1002/pd.2348. PMID: 19688779

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Rapid evolution of a growing skull fracture after vacuum extraction in case of fetal hydrocephalus.
Hes R, de Jong TH, Paz y Geuze DH, Avezaat CJ
Pediatr Neurosurg 1997 May;26(5):269-74. doi: 10.1159/000121202. PMID: 9440497

Therapy

Rapid evolution of a growing skull fracture after vacuum extraction in case of fetal hydrocephalus.
Hes R, de Jong TH, Paz y Geuze DH, Avezaat CJ
Pediatr Neurosurg 1997 May;26(5):269-74. doi: 10.1159/000121202. PMID: 9440497

Clinical prediction guides

Dimyelia, diplomyelia, and diastematomyelia.
Hori A, Fischer G, Dietrich-Schott B, Ikeda K
Clin Neuropathol 1982;1(1):23-30. PMID: 7166017

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