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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2016.59.6.650

Giant Intrathoracic Meningocele and Breast Cancer in a Neurofibromatosis Type I Patient  

Malla, Hridayesh Pratap (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Bong Jin (Department of Medicine, Graduate School, Kyung Hee University)
Koh, Jun Seok (Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
Jo, Dae Jean (Department of Neurosurgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.59, no.6, 2016 , pp. 650-654 More about this Journal
Abstract
Intrathoracic meningoceles are relatively rare entities found in patients with neurofibromatosis type I (NF1). Given that both the BRCA1 and NF-1 genes are located on the same long arm of chromosome 17, one would expect concurrence of neurofibromatosis and breast cancer. However, incidence of such co-disorders is very rare in the literature. Here, the authors report a case of a 50-year-old female patient with NF-1 and concurrent cancer of the left breast, who had a huge bilobulated intrathoracic meningocele with thoracic dystrophic scoliosis, treated surgically via a posterior-only approach for the meningocele and spinal deformity in the same setting.
Keywords
Neurofibromatosis; Meningocele; Breast cancer;
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