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Cervical meningomyelocele

MedGen UID:
760704
•Concept ID:
C3536740
•
Congenital Abnormality
Synonyms: Cervical Meningomyelocele; Cervical Myelomeningocele
SNOMED CT: Cervical meningomyelocele (203985009)

Definition

A congenital abnormality in the cervical region of the spine in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through a defect in the spinal column. The protrusion is above the skin surface. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVCervical meningomyelocele

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Update on Urological Management of Spina Bifida from Prenatal Diagnosis to Adulthood.
Snow-Lisy DC, Yerkes EB, Cheng EY
J Urol 2015 Aug;194(2):288-96. Epub 2015 Apr 1 doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2015.03.107. PMID: 25839383
Updates in the management of the overactive bladder in patients with myelomeningocele.
Dean GE, Long C
Curr Urol Rep 2011 Dec;12(6):413-8. doi: 10.1007/s11934-011-0218-9. PMID: 22037959
Cervical myelocystocele: prenatal diagnosis and therapeutical considerations.
Salomão JF, Leibinger RD, Bellas AR
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Sep;25(9):1045. Epub 2009 Jun 24 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0932-5. PMID: 19551388

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Klippel-Feil Syndrome With Auxiliary Anterior Cervical Meningomyelocele and Thoracic Syringomyelia: A Case Report.
Alam M, Haq AU, Shah M, Haqqani U, Ullah S
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2020 Mar 15;45(6):E342-E345. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002804. PMID: 30028777
Cervical meningomyelocele--an institutional experience.
Kasliwal MK, Dwarakanath S, Mahapatra AK
Childs Nerv Syst 2007 Nov;23(11):1291-3. Epub 2007 Jul 13 doi: 10.1007/s00381-007-0387-5. PMID: 17628809
MTHFR 677 TT genotype in a mother and her child with Down syndrome, atrioventricular canal and exstrophy of the bladder: implications of a mutual genetic risk factor?
Reutter H, Betz RC, Ludwig M, Boemers TM
Eur J Pediatr 2006 Aug;165(8):566-8. Epub 2006 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0116-1. PMID: 16602006
Abnormal folate metabolism and genetic polymorphism of the folate pathway in a child with Down syndrome and neural tube defect.
Al-Gazali LI, Padmanabhan R, Melnyk S, Yi P, Pogribny IP, Pogribna M, Bakir M, Hamid ZA, Abdulrazzaq Y, Dawodu A, James SJ
Am J Med Genet 2001 Oct 1;103(2):128-32. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.1509. PMID: 11568918

Diagnosis

Klippel-Feil Syndrome With Auxiliary Anterior Cervical Meningomyelocele and Thoracic Syringomyelia: A Case Report.
Alam M, Haq AU, Shah M, Haqqani U, Ullah S
Spine (Phila Pa 1976) 2020 Mar 15;45(6):E342-E345. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000002804. PMID: 30028777
Missed limited dorsal myeloschisis: an unfortunate cause for recurrent tethered cord syndrome.
Chatterjee S, Rao KS
Childs Nerv Syst 2015 Sep;31(9):1553-7. Epub 2015 Jun 7 doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-2774-7. PMID: 26049717
Heterotopic spinal cord? A curiosity.
Choudhury AR, Gonog MA, Mahmood K
Childs Nerv Syst 1996 Mar;12(3):166-8. doi: 10.1007/BF00266822. PMID: 8697461

Clinical prediction guides

MTHFR 677 TT genotype in a mother and her child with Down syndrome, atrioventricular canal and exstrophy of the bladder: implications of a mutual genetic risk factor?
Reutter H, Betz RC, Ludwig M, Boemers TM
Eur J Pediatr 2006 Aug;165(8):566-8. Epub 2006 Apr 7 doi: 10.1007/s00431-006-0116-1. PMID: 16602006

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