title: Anterolateral lumbar meningocele presenting as an ovarian cyst, in a patient with neurofibromatosis.
abstract: A case of an anterolateral lumbar meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis is presented. As anterolateral lumbar meningocele may present itself only by non-specific symptoms like low back pain or abdominal pain, such symptoms require prompt diagnostic work up in patients with neurofibromatosis. The significance of MR imaging in early recognition of this rare anomaly is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scheltens
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Burger
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valk
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Bertelsmann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*