title: Intrathoracic meningocele associated with neurofibromatosis: case report.
abstract: The authors present a case of intrathoracic meningocele associated with neurofibromatosis. Computed tomography with metrizamide myelography proved valuable in locating the lesion, thus facilitating surgical intervention. With the preoperative diagnosis established and the severity of the meningocele known, the surgeons safely employed a subpleural approach at thoracotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Dolynchuk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teskey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007738:Kyphosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D008482:Mediastinum; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000175:diagnosis; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D012600:Scoliosis / Q000150:complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed