The role of MR imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of anterior sacral meningocele. Report of two cases.
Anterior sacral meningoceles are rare. This report describes familial anterior sacral meningoceles in a father and daughter who underwent magnetic resonance imaging as part of the preoperative evaluation. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a pelvic teratoma in the daughter and confirmed the absence of abnormal tissue in the father--findings not clearly provided by ultrasound studies, myelography, or contrast-enhanced computerized tomography. It is believed that MR imaging is the most useful preoperative diagnostic technique available in establishing a treatment plan for anterior sacral meningocele.
Department of Surgery, Wake Forest University Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
K S
KS
Lee
D J
DJ
Gower
J M
JM
McWhorter
D A
DA
Albertson
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008161:Lumbosacral Region; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D010386:Pelvic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed