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Abstract
A congenital or acquired protrusion of the meninges, unaccompanied by neural tissue, through a bony defect in the skull or vertebral column.
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Synonyms
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- Herniation of Meninges
- Meningeal Herniation
- Herniation, Meningeal
- Herniations, Meningeal
- Meningeal Herniations
- Meninges Herniation
- Meninges Herniations
- Meningoceles
- Acquired Meningocele
- Meningocele, Traumatic
- Rudimentary Meningocele
- Acquired Meningoceles
- Meningocele, Acquired
- Meningocele, Rudimentary
- Meningoceles, Acquired
- Meningoceles, Rudimentary
- Meningoceles, Traumatic
- Rudimentary Meningoceles
- Traumatic Meningocele
- Traumatic Meningoceles
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
meningoencephalocele: coordinate IM with ENCEPHALOCELE (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Meningocele. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008588. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008588
- Meningocele. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11829083