Intraspinal meningocele.
2 patients with broad spinal canal, positive radiographic symptoms of spinal expansion but negative clinical symptoms are documented. Intraspinal meningocele with paraspinal extension could be confirmed by Pantopaque myelography and CT. An inborn mesenchymal developmental error is assumed as the cause of this malformation.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009192:Myelography; D013131:Spine / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed