Giant Intrathoracic Meningocele and Breast Cancer in a Neurofibromatosis Type I Patient
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
;
: 650-654, 2016.
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in English
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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.
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Main subject:
Arm
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Scoliosis
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Congenital Abnormalities
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Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
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Breast
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Breast Neoplasms
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Incidence
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Neurofibromatosis 1
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Neurofibromatoses
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Meningocele
Type of study:
Incidence study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
Year:
2016
Type:
Article
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