title: Anterior sacral meningocele presenting as a pelvic mass and diagnosed only at celiotomy after an extensive workup. A case report.
abstract: A marfanoid patient underwent celiotomy for a pelvic mass and was found to have an anterior sacral meningocele. Nine years prior to that time she had undergone surgery because of a "sacrococcygeal cyst," which in retrospect seemed to be a posterior meningocele. The preoperative diagnosis of meningocele is important to successful treatment.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000150:complications; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region