title: Postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele.
abstract: A case of postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele in a woman submitted to laminectomy for protruded disc is reported. The patient was investigated by myelography and metrizamide computed tomography and surgically treated with a good neurological result. The other eight reported cases of postoperative cervical pseudomeningocele are reviewed and the role of metrizamide CT scan in diagnosing this unusual complication of cervical laminectomies is emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, University of Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Maiuri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Corriero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giamundo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gambardella
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000601:surgery*; D007796:Laminectomy; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D009192:Myelography; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed