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KMID : 1001920160590060650
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2016 Volume.59 No. 6 p.650 ~ p.654
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Giant Intrathoracic Meningocele and Breast Cancer in a Neurofibromatosis Type I Patient
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Malla Hridayesh Pratap
Park Bong-Jin
Koh Jun-Seok
Jo Dae-Jean
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Abstract
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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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KEYWORD
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Neurofibromatosis , Meningocele , Breast cancer
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