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Presence of a meningioma in a cervical myelomeningocele sac

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An 11-year-old female, presented with a cervical myelomeningocele. Interestingly, the myelomeningocele sac was seen to contain a meningioma. There are no aetiological factors in the embryogenetic period that would lead to such a combination of lesions. In our opinion, the meningioma appeared in a later period because of local factors.

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

    Metin Kaplan & Ahmet Kilinc

  2. Departments of Pathology, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

    Bengu Cobanoglu & Yakup Taskin

  3. Departments of Radiology, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey

    Hanefi Yildirim

  4. Firat Universitesi, Tip Fakultesi, Norosirurji AD, Firat Tip Merkezi, 23200, Elazig, Turkey

    Metin Kaplan

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Kaplan, M., Cobanoglu, B., Kilinc, A. et al. Presence of a meningioma in a cervical myelomeningocele sac. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 150, 1309–1310 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-008-0158-4

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