Spinal pseudomeningocoele: a diagnostic dilemma
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Spinal Cord
|August 22, 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.
