Spina bifida (also called meningocele or myelomeningocele) is a defect that comes from a problem in the very early development of the unborn child. ❋ Unknown (1999)
gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele (Fig. 96). ❋ Unknown (1896)
Larkin and Jones 6.212 mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months. ❋ Unknown (1896)
The guess may be hazarded that cephalhematoma, hydrocephalus, meningocele, nevi, or an excessive amount of vernix caseosa were the conditions indicated, but a wider acquaintance with the meaning of the cuneiform characters is necessary before any certain identification is possible. ❋ Unknown (1896)
Larkin and Jones mention the removal of a meningocele and a supernumerary limb from an infant of four months. ❋ Unknown (1896)
Occasionally a deficiency in the osseous material of the cranium or an abnormal dilatation of the fontanelles gives rise to a hernia of the meninges, which, if accompanied by cerebrospinal fluid in any quantity, causes a large and peculiarly shaped tumor called meningocele. ❋ Unknown (1896)
_ -- The _meningocele_ is commonest in the occipital region, where it escapes through a cleft in the bone between the foramen magnum and the occipital protuberance (Fig. 197). ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
A meningocele, as it contains no nerve elements, may be translucent. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
It is, however, often difficult to distinguish between a meningocele and meningo-myelocele. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
As it frequently lies in a gap in the skull, it may be connected by a pedicle with the dura mater, and is liable to be mistaken for a meningocele. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
They are known as (1) _meningocele_, which consists of a protrusion of a cul-de-sac of the arachno-pial membrane, containing cerebro-spinal fluid; (2) _encephalocele_, in which a portion of the brain is protruded in addition to the membranes; and (3) _hydrencephalocele_, in which the protruded portion of brain includes a part of one of the ventricles. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
If placed over one of the fontanelles, a nævus may derive pulsation from the brain, and so simulate a meningocele. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
A meningocele may be tapped with a fine needle passed through healthy skin, and the empty sac compressed by a pad of wool and an elastic bandage. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
A less common situation is the anterior part of the orbit, near the nasal wall, and this variety, from its position and from the fact that it is usually met with in children, is liable to be confused with orbital meningocele or encephalocele. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
Among other tumours met with in this region may be mentioned: the congenital _lipoma_ -- a small, rounded, fatty tumour which often suggests a caudal appendage (Fig. 222); the _sacral hygroma_, which forms a sessile cystic tumour growing over the back of the sacrum, and is believed to be a meningocele which has become cut off _in utero_ by the continued growth of the vertebral arch; dermoids, sarcoma, and lymphangioma. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)
