Spinal pseudomeningocoele: a diagnostic dilemma

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2007

Abstract

Study design: Case report. Objective: To describe the difficulty in diagnosing spinal pseudomeningocoele. Setting: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Case report: A case of progressive sacral swelling in a paraplegic man who sustained spinal cord injury 14 years ago is presented. Although his clinical features were suggestive of pseudomeningocoele, we were unable to confirm the diagnosis preoperatively. Conclusion: Traumatic spinal pseudomeningocoele is very rare. Even with the available modern diagnostic imaging techniques, it is still difficult to diagnose a spinal pseudomeningocoele.

Keywords

Pseudomeningocoele sacral swelling spinal cord injury neuropathic pain

Publication Title

Spinal Cord

ISSN

1362-4393

Divisions

fac_med

Volume

45

Issue

12

Additional Information

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