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Samard Erkulvrawatr, MD, MRSH; Taher El Gammal, MD; John Hawkins, MD; Joseph B. Green, MD; Giriyappa Srinivasan, MD

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(9):557-559.

Abstract
• We describe here four additional cases of intrathoracic meningoceles associated with neurofibromatosis, bringing the total number of reported cases of thoracic meningoceles to 88. Seventy-five (85%) have been associated with neurofibromatosis. Possibly, both dural and regional vertebral dysplasia are intrinsic to neurofibromatosis and contribute to the development of the meningocele.

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Neurology (Drs Erkulvrawatr and Green), Radiology (Dr Gammal), and Neurosurgery (Dr Hawkins), Medical College of Georgia, Augusta; and the Neurology Section, Medical Service, Veterans Administration Hospital, Louisville, and the Department of Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine (Drs Erkulvrawatr and Srinivasan). Dr Erkulvrawatr is now with the Memphis VA Medical Center.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 9, 1978.

Read in part before the 11th World Congress on Neurology, Amsterdam, Sept 15, 1977.

Reprint requests to Department of Neurology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA 30901 (Dr Green).

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