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Keywords: Protrusion, Hernia, Cerebrospinal, Skull, Spinal

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A protrusion of the coverings of the spinal cord or brain through a defect in the skull or vertebral column. May be congenital or acquired.

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Congenital hernia in which the meninges, or membranes, protrude through an opening in the spinal column or brain.

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Hernia protrusion of the brain and its coverings through a defect in the skull.

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The meninges, or protecting covering around the spinal cord, has pushed out through the opening in the vertebrae in a sac called the "meningocele". the spinal cord remains intact. This form can be repaired with little or no damage to the nerve pathways.

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a protrusion of the meninges through an opening in the skull or spinal cord due to a genetic defect

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a congenital anomaly of the central nervous system in which a sac protruding from the brain or the spinal meninges contains cerebrospinal fluid (but no nerve tissue)

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a congenital defect such that the meninges of the brain or the spinal cord protrudes through the skull

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a CSF-filled sac formed when the meninges balloon through the gap in the vertebrae

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a defect consisting of a herniation of meningeal tissue through a defect in the skull and/or spine

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a pouching of the meninges and cerebrospinal fluid through a defect in the posterior surface of the spinal vertebrae

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a protrusion of cerebrospinal fluid and meninges (covering layers of the spinal cord and brain) into the tissue s beneath the skin

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a sac protruding from the spinal column, which contains some of the spinal fluid and meninges

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A birth defect where the tissue that lines the spinal cord and brain (meninges) bulges through an opening in the spinal column or skull.

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A protrusion of the spinal cord and its encasing membrane through a small hole in the skull or spinal column in which the spinal cord remains intact. Occurs during fetal development and is a factor in spina bifida.

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A protrusion of the meninges of the spinal cord through a defect in the spinal column.

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a protrusion of the meninges, without brain or spinal cord, through a defect in the spine or skull

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protrusion of the membranes that cover the spine and part of the spinal cord through a bone defect in the vertebral column.

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A protrusion of the meninges out of an opening in the vertebral column.

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Hernia of the meninges of the spinal cord or brain.

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