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Case Reports
. 2017 May 6:2017:bcr2017220213.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-220213.

Meningocele manqué

Annelise Aquilina  1 , Gabriel Galea  2 , Reuben Grech  3
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Case Reports

Meningocele manqué

Annelise Aquilina et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Neuroimaging; Radiology (diagnostics); Spinal cord.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Sagittal T2-weighted (A) and T1-weighted (B) MRI of the cervical spine shows a thin band of tissue tethering the dorsal cord to the dura at T1–2 level (arrow) with resultant formation of a syrinx. At T2–3 level, there is a focal lesion at the dorsal aspect of the thoracic cord with high signal at its tip in keeping with a lipoma of the cord (better appreciated on T1-weighted images—arrow, B). T2–3 vertebrae are also fused in keeping with block vertebrae.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Axial T2-weighted (A) and T1-weighted (B) MRI at T1–2 level again demonstrates the band of tissue (arrow, A) extending posteriorly from the dorsal aspect of the spinal cord to the dura in keeping with a meningocoele manqué. Focal dilatation of the central canal of the cord is again noted. The thoracic cord at this level is triangular in cross section. Note is again made of an associated lipoma (arrow, B).
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