Türk Nöroşirürji Dergisi 2006 , Vol 16 , Num 2
INTRATHORACIC MENINGOCELE ASSOCIATED WITH NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE I: CASE REPORT
Cem DİNÇ, A. Celal İPLİKÇİOĞLU, Yüksel NAVRUZ, Murat ÇAKABAY, Azmi TUFAN, Serkan KOŞDERE
S.B. Okmeydanı Eğitim ve Araştırma Hastanesi Nöroşirürji Kliniği Şisli/İstanbul Intrathoracic meningocele is a rare disorder and is usually associated with neurofibromatosis. In the majority of cases cyst is small or asymptomatic and incidentally diagnosed. Patients without symptoms must be followed and operated only in case of growing lesion or symptomatic lesions. In this report we present a large intrathoracic meningocele case suffering from radicular pain in left up per extremity and was not required surgical approach. Anahtar Kelimeler : Intrathoracic meningocele, Neurofibromatosis