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Meningomylocele - A case report


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1 Dept of Anatomy, Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka - 586 103, India
2 Department of Anatomy, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka- 577004, India
 

Meningomylocele is the most common abnormality of the neural tube. Cervical meningomylocele is less common among them. The embryological basis and clinical features are different from thoracolumbar and lumbosacral, which are more commonly, occur. Meningomylocele is protrusion meninges with accompanying nervous tissue through a defect in the posterior vertebral arches. In this study, we have reported a case of cervicalmeningomylocele.

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Meningomylocele, Neural Tube, Cervical Meningomylocele
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Authors

Hussain Saheb S. Shaik
Dept of Anatomy, Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka - 586 103, India
Muralidhar P. Shepu
Department of Anatomy, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka- 577004, India
S. D. Desai
Dept of Anatomy, Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka - 586 103, India
S. T. Thomas
Department of Anatomy, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka- 577004, India
S. Haseena
Dept of Anatomy, Shri BM Patil Medical College, Bijapur, Karnataka - 586 103, India

Abstract


Meningomylocele is the most common abnormality of the neural tube. Cervical meningomylocele is less common among them. The embryological basis and clinical features are different from thoracolumbar and lumbosacral, which are more commonly, occur. Meningomylocele is protrusion meninges with accompanying nervous tissue through a defect in the posterior vertebral arches. In this study, we have reported a case of cervicalmeningomylocele.

Keywords


Meningomylocele, Neural Tube, Cervical Meningomylocele

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