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Congenital cerebral meningocele

MedGen UID:
507591
•Concept ID:
C0009694
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Cerebral meningocele; Congenital cranial meningocele; Cranial hydromeningocele; Cranial Meningocele; Cranial meningocele
SNOMED CT: Cranial hydromeningocele (36010004); Congenital cerebral meningocele (36010004); Congenital cranial meningocele (36010004); Cranial meningocele (36010004); Cerebral meningocele (36010004)

Definition

A congenital abnormality in which the meninges protrude through a defect in the cranium. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCongenital cerebral meningocele
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ultrafast MRI of the fetus: an increasingly important tool in prenatal diagnosis of congenital anomalies.
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Magn Reson Imaging 2010 Dec;28(10):1431-9. Epub 2010 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2010.06.024. PMID: 20850244
Orbital cysts of childhood--classification, clinical features, and management.
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Surv Ophthalmol 2004 May-Jun;49(3):281-99. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.02.001. PMID: 15110666
Antenatal diagnosis and obstetric management of Dandy-Walker syndrome.
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J Reprod Med 1986 Nov;31(11):1017-22. PMID: 3543341

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Analysis of the Causes and Experience in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Meningocele Caused by Sternberg's Canal of the Sphenoid Sinus: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.
You W, Lin ZR, Wang YZ, Wang WW, Lin RS, Qiu SQ, Guo AS
Curr Med Imaging 2023;19(9):1063-1070. doi: 10.2174/1573405619666230206103036. PMID: 36748216
Neurocutaneous melanocytosis (melanosis).
Ruggieri M, Polizzi A, Catanzaro S, Bianco ML, Praticò AD, Di Rocco C
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Oct;36(10):2571-2596. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04770-9. PMID: 33048248
Internasal: A New Type of Frontoethmoidal Encephalomeningocele.
Sirimaharaj W
Ann Plast Surg 2018 Oct;81(4):423-426. doi: 10.1097/SAP.0000000000001580. PMID: 30067526
Neural tube defects--disorders of neurulation and related embryonic processes.
Copp AJ, Greene ND
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol 2013 Mar-Apr;2(2):213-27. Epub 2012 May 29 doi: 10.1002/wdev.71. PMID: 24009034Free PMC Article
Parietal lipomeningocele--case report.
Yamashita S, Kunishio K, Tamiya T, Nakamura T, Ogawa D, Igawa HH, Kuroda Y, Nagao S
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Feb;45(2):112-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.112. PMID: 15722612

Diagnosis

Analysis of the Causes and Experience in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Meningocele Caused by Sternberg's Canal of the Sphenoid Sinus: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.
You W, Lin ZR, Wang YZ, Wang WW, Lin RS, Qiu SQ, Guo AS
Curr Med Imaging 2023;19(9):1063-1070. doi: 10.2174/1573405619666230206103036. PMID: 36748216
Neurocutaneous melanocytosis (melanosis).
Ruggieri M, Polizzi A, Catanzaro S, Bianco ML, Praticò AD, Di Rocco C
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Oct;36(10):2571-2596. Epub 2020 Oct 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04770-9. PMID: 33048248
Nontraumatic orbital roof encephalocele.
Hoang A, Maugans T, Ngo T, Ikeda J
J AAPOS 2017 Feb;21(1):81-83. Epub 2016 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2016.08.020. PMID: 27993731
Neuroradiological diagnosis of Chiari malformations.
Chiapparini L, Saletti V, Solero CL, Bruzzone MG, Valentini LG
Neurol Sci 2011 Dec;32 Suppl 3:S283-6. doi: 10.1007/s10072-011-0695-0. PMID: 21800079
Parietal lipomeningocele--case report.
Yamashita S, Kunishio K, Tamiya T, Nakamura T, Ogawa D, Igawa HH, Kuroda Y, Nagao S
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Feb;45(2):112-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.112. PMID: 15722612

Therapy

Neural tube defects--disorders of neurulation and related embryonic processes.
Copp AJ, Greene ND
Wiley Interdiscip Rev Dev Biol 2013 Mar-Apr;2(2):213-27. Epub 2012 May 29 doi: 10.1002/wdev.71. PMID: 24009034Free PMC Article
Surgery for obstructive hydrocephalus.
Sayers MP
Acta Neurol Latinoam 1971;1 Suppl:Suppl 1:245-54. PMID: 5172638

Prognosis

Sphenoidal meningoencephalocele associated with CSF fistula and arteriovenous malformation Spetzler-Martin V: A case report.
Ramírez-Ferrer E, Aponte-Caballero R, Aguilera-Pena MP, Mendoza-Ayús SD, Osorio-Bohorquez LA, Riveros-Castillo WM
Neurocirugia (Astur : Engl Ed) 2023 Mar-Apr;34(2):93-96. Epub 2023 Feb 6 doi: 10.1016/j.neucie.2022.11.017. PMID: 36754759
Encephalocele development from a congenital meningocele: case report.
Gandhoke GS, Goldschmidt E, Kellogg R, Greene S
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2017 Nov;20(5):419-422. Epub 2017 Sep 8 doi: 10.3171/2017.6.PEDS17178. PMID: 28885087
Sacral agenesis: a pilot whole exome sequencing and copy number study.
Porsch RM, Merello E, De Marco P, Cheng G, Rodriguez L, So M, Sham PC, Tam PK, Capra V, Cherny SS, Garcia-Barcelo MM, Campbell DD
BMC Med Genet 2016 Dec 22;17(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12881-016-0359-2. PMID: 28007035Free PMC Article
Parietal lipomeningocele--case report.
Yamashita S, Kunishio K, Tamiya T, Nakamura T, Ogawa D, Igawa HH, Kuroda Y, Nagao S
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo) 2005 Feb;45(2):112-5. doi: 10.2176/nmc.45.112. PMID: 15722612
New syndrome with the Sakoda complex, bilateral anophthalmia, and cortical dysgenesis.
Ehara H, Kurimasa A, Ohno K, Takeshita K
Pediatr Neurol 1998 May;18(5):445-51. doi: 10.1016/s0887-8994(97)00231-2. PMID: 9650690

Clinical prediction guides

Analysis of the Causes and Experience in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Meningocele Caused by Sternberg's Canal of the Sphenoid Sinus: Two Case Reports and a Review of the Literature.
You W, Lin ZR, Wang YZ, Wang WW, Lin RS, Qiu SQ, Guo AS
Curr Med Imaging 2023;19(9):1063-1070. doi: 10.2174/1573405619666230206103036. PMID: 36748216
Sacral agenesis: a pilot whole exome sequencing and copy number study.
Porsch RM, Merello E, De Marco P, Cheng G, Rodriguez L, So M, Sham PC, Tam PK, Capra V, Cherny SS, Garcia-Barcelo MM, Campbell DD
BMC Med Genet 2016 Dec 22;17(1):98. doi: 10.1186/s12881-016-0359-2. PMID: 28007035Free PMC Article
Neonatal head ultrasound: systematic approach to congenital Central Nervous System anomalies. A pictorial essay.
Yoon HK, Cho SW
Med Ultrason 2016 Sep;18(3):386-93. doi: 10.11152/mu.2013.2066.183.hye. PMID: 27622417
Orbital cysts of childhood--classification, clinical features, and management.
Shields JA, Shields CL
Surv Ophthalmol 2004 May-Jun;49(3):281-99. doi: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.02.001. PMID: 15110666
Alcohol embryo- and fetopathy. Neuropathology of 3 children and 3 fetuses.
Peiffer J, Majewski F, Fischbach H, Bierich JR, Volk B
J Neurol Sci 1979 Apr;41(2):125-37. doi: 10.1016/0022-510x(79)90033-9. PMID: 438847

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