title: [Feasibility and limitations of the preoperative diagnosis of meningocele].
abstract: The paper is concerned with clinical and x-ray analysis, performed in 10 patients (9 women and 1 man) aged 40 to 50, with meningocele, a congenital abnormality. The final diagnosis of this disease was made possible only by means of transthoracic needle biopsy of cerebrospinal fluid, which was effectively performed in 5 patients.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Khudiakov
authors.forename: I Ia
authors.initials: IIa
authors.lastname: Motus
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Mezentsev
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Vozmozhnosti i predely dooperatsionnoĭ diagnostiki meningotsele.