RESUMEN

CASE REPORT: This case report presents a newborn baby girl, who was diagnosed at birth with a mid-cervical meningocele. Further radiographic workup by MRI revealed co-existing thoracic diplomyelia and bilateral tethered cords. At birth the patient was found to be neurologically intact. Surgery was performed at 4 months of age, the patient undergoing simultaneous repair of the cervical meningocele, exploration of the diplomyelia, and release of the tethered cords bilaterally. Long-term follow-up revealed an ambulating patient with no bowel or bladder incontinence, who has developed well for her chronological age so far. REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE: A review of the literature relevant to this case is also presented.

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Meningocele/complicaciones , Cuello , Defectos del Tubo Neural/complicaciones , Disrafia Espinal/complicaciones , Femenino , Humanos , Recién Nacido , Imagen por Resonancia Magnética , Meningocele/diagnóstico , Meningocele/cirugía , Defectos del Tubo Neural/diagnóstico , Defectos del Tubo Neural/cirugía , Disrafia Espinal/diagnóstico , Disrafia Espinal/cirugía , Resultado del Tratamiento