title: Large intrathoracic meningocele in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1.
abstract: Intrathoracic meningocele associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 is quite rare. We report the case of a Chinese women with a 20-day history of right-sided chest pain and sense of pressure on the chest. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging indicated a homogeneous thin-walled cystic mass in the right rear mediastinum, ranging from the 1st to 5th thoracic segments. Surgery was performed to removal the meningomyelocele pouches and shunt the cyst to the subarachnoid region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Wuhan Medical Treatment Center, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zuo
authors.forename: Zhengyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ni
authors.forename: Mi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Chaolin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhongwen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: Zhifeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cafe-au-lait spots; Meningocele; Nervous system diseases; Nervous system neoplasms; neurofibromatosis 1