title: [Delayed pseudomeningocele as a result of penetrating injury: case report].
abstract: Pseudomeningocele is cerebrospinal fluid collection in an extradural area after meningeal tear. The size of the defect in the dura-arachnoid, the pressure of spinal fluid, and the resistance of the soft tissue presumably determine the size of the pseudocyst. The main symptoms are often: headache, neck pain and myelopathic and radicular signs. Pseudomeningocele is diagnosed by myelography, sonography, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging. We present a case of intraoperative identification nerve root entrapment by pseudomeningocele cyst and postoperative recovery of a patient's neurologic deficit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Numune Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. memetsecer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seçer
authors.forename: Ali Rıza
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Gezici
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalgıç
authors.forename: Mehmet Fikret
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Ergüngör
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008578:Meninges / Q000293:injuries*; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013353:Subdural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*