Concepedia

Herniation of the spinal cord into an iatrogenic meningocele

Cully A. Cobb, George Ehni

Journal of neurosurgery · 1973 · 74 citations · 9 references

Concepts

MedicineNeurological SurgeryNeurosurgeryNeuroanatomySpine SurgerySpinal Cord AnatomySpinal Cord InjuryCatastrophic Brain HerniationCervical Spinal Cord AnatomyHerniation PathologySpinal Cord Herniation

Abstract

✓ The authors describe a case in which the cervical spinal cord became incarcerated in the mouth of an iatrogenic meningocele or “pseudocyst.”