Neurosurgical management of a large meningocele in Jarcho-Levin syndrome: clinical and radiological pearls

BMJ Case Rep. 2015 Jul 21:2015:bcr2015210240. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-210240.

Authors

Jaime L Martinez Santos¹, Adam A Dmytriw², Sonia Fermin³

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA Department of Neurosurgery, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
² Department of Medical Imaging, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
³ Neurosurgical Unit, Hospital Infantil Dr Robert Reid Cabral, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis*
Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnostic imaging
Abnormalities, Multiple / pathology
Abnormalities, Multiple / surgery
Female
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnosis*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnostic imaging
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / pathology
Humans
Infant
Meningocele / diagnosis*
Meningocele / diagnostic imaging
Meningocele / surgery*
Neurosurgery / methods
Neurosurgical Procedures / methods*
Phenotype
Ribs / abnormalities
Ribs / diagnostic imaging
Spine / abnormalities*
Spine / diagnostic imaging
Spine / surgery
Thorax / abnormalities
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
X-Rays

Supplementary concepts

Jarcho-Levin syndrome