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Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Neural Tube Defects > Meningomyelocele
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Neural Tube Defects > Meningomyelocele

Preferred term

Meningomyelocele  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Myelomeningocele
  • Myelomeningoceles

Scope note

  • Congenital, or rarely acquired, herniation of meningeal and spinal cord tissue through a bony defect in the vertebral column. The majority of these defects occur in the lumbosacral region. Clinical features include PARAPLEGIA, loss of sensation in the lower body, and incontinence. This condition may be associated with the ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Joynt, Clinical Neurology, 1992, Ch55, pp35-6)

History note

  • 78(75); was see under SPINA BIFIDA 1963-77; MYELOCELE was see under SPINA BIFIDA 1963-77

In other languages

  • meningomyeloseele

    Finnish

  • meningomyelocele
  • selkäydinkalvo-selkäydintyrä
  • Ryggmärgsbråck

    Swedish

  • Förvarvad myelomeningocele
  • Förvarvad ryggmärgsbråck
  • Myelocele
  • Myelomeningocele

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008591

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