Meningocele manqué: a comprehensive review of this enigmatic finding in occult spinal dysraphism.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-1-2017

Publication Title

Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery

Keywords

Dura Mater; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Meningocele; Neural Tube Defects

Abstract

The term meningocele manqué (MM) was coined in 1972 to describe a broad range of surgical findings characterized by intradural bands tethering neural structures to the dorsal dura. Over the following decades, reports continued to lump intradural tethering bands associated with a variety of comorbidities under the umbrella term MM. In more recent years, disorders previously called MM have been identified as embryologically distinct and were reclassified. While this sectioning continues, there remains a set of intradural tethering disorders for which no better term than MM exists. Herein, we comprehensively review the literature surrounding MM, including embryological disorders, clinical, radiographic, and surgical presentation, as well as alternative classification methods and MM treatment.

Clinical Institute

Neurosciences (Brain & Spine)

Department

Neurosciences

Department

Perinatology/Neonatology

Department

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

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