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Images in cardio-thoracic surgery

Multiple asymptomatic lateral thoracic meningocele

Department of Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Received 14 July 2007; received in revised form 12 September 2007; accepted 27 September 2007.

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Key Words: Intrathoracic lateral meningocele • Multiple mediastinal lesions • Mediastinum • Spine • Cyst • Asymptomatic

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A 66-year-old woman had an abnormal chest X-ray. MRI scan showed multiple thoracic lateral meningoceles (Fig. 1 ). Meningocele is a herniation of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]