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Meningocele
Meningocele is a hernial protrusion of the meninges (brain or spinal linings) through a defect in the cranium (head bones), (cranial m.), or vertebral column (spinal m.)
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What are the tests for meningocele?
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What are the symptoms of a meningocele?
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A 41-year old female asked:
I have a meningocele that is 5.6 CM x 3.9 CM x 5.0 CM and wondering how big this is and if it is dangerous.
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A 42-year old asked:
What prevents meningocele?
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What causes meningocele in a fetus?
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A 37-year old asked:
What are meningocele and hydrocephalus?
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A 40-year old asked:
What causes a fetus to develop meningocele?
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A 39-year old asked:
Please tell me what causes meningocele in a fetus?
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Please tell me what causes a fetus to develop meningocele?
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A 39-year old asked:
Meningocele, pseudomonas and hydrocephalus?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can meningocele develop in fetus of 25 weeks ? And if fetus was fine before?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is meningocele and spina bifida the same thing?
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I search a doctor to treat disease like meningocele?
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A 30-year old asked:
Can multiple sacral meningocele be a cause of back pain?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Can meningocele develop in late pregnancy of 25 weeks?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Can there be meningocele in fetus without spina bifida?
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A 38-year old asked:
What are some treatments for meningocele (spina bifida)?
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A 37-year old asked:
I was born with meningocele spina bifida. I want to have children now that I am married. Who do I see about that?
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A 30-year old asked:
Meningocele show up on CT scan?
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What does it mean to have a meningocele on CT scan?
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A 38-year old female asked:
What is a meningocele? My MRI says I possibly have one? Fluid is seen adjacent to to the mastoid tegmen. No encephalocele. Previous mastoidectomy.
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A 38-year old asked:
What occurs when a 21 day old baby with hydrocephalus and ruptures meningocele becomes infected with pseudomonas infection?
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A 38-year old asked:
I have low back pain & down the back of my lt leg to my knee. An MRI showed occult sacral meningocele. Could this be the cause?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Cord tethering,Partial sacral agenesis. Multiloculated cystic presacral mass which communicates with the thecal sac.Features highly suggestive of a meningocele.No features of a dermoid or teratoma.Filum terminalis lipoma. Can this cause pain?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Six weeks after laminectomy, MRI shows a 9 cm pseudo meningocele coupled with head and eye pains, left leg nerve pain. Surgery to repair or wait?
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A 39-year old female asked:
Mri found a thoracic meningocele cyst could this be causing the numbess an heavy feeling in left arm hand and foot weak bladder control and tiredness?
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