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Descriptor English: Meningocele
Descriptor Spanish: Meningocele
Descriptor meningocele
Entry term(s) hernia meníngea
herniación de las meninges
herniación meníngea
Scope note: Protrusión congénita o adquirida de las meninges, no acompañada de tejido neural, a través de un defecto óseo en el cráneo o la columna vertebral.
Descriptor Portuguese: Meningocele
Descriptor French: Méningocèle
Entry term(s): Acquired Meningocele
Acquired Meningoceles
Herniation of Meninges
Herniation, Meningeal
Herniations, Meningeal
Meningeal Herniation
Meningeal Herniations
Meninges Herniation
Meninges Herniations
Meningocele, Acquired
Meningocele, Rudimentary
Meningocele, Traumatic
Meningoceles
Meningoceles, Acquired
Meningoceles, Rudimentary
Meningoceles, Traumatic
Rudimentary Meningocele
Rudimentary Meningoceles
Traumatic Meningocele
Traumatic Meningoceles
Tree number(s): C10.500.680.598
C16.131.666.680.598
C23.300.707.968
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008588
Scope note: A congenital or acquired protrusion of the meninges, unaccompanied by neural tissue, through a bony defect in the skull or vertebral column.
Annotation: meningoencephalocele: coordinate IM with ENCEPHALOCELE (IM)
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
DeCS ID: 8758
Unique ID: D008588
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25
Meningocele - Preferred
Concept UI M0013372
Scope note A congenital or acquired protrusion of the meninges, unaccompanied by neural tissue, through a bony defect in the skull or vertebral column.
Preferred term Meningocele
Entry term(s) Herniation of Meninges
Herniation, Meningeal
Herniations, Meningeal
Meningeal Herniation
Meningeal Herniations
Meninges Herniation
Meninges Herniations
Meningoceles
Meningocele, Traumatic - Narrower
Concept UI M0337005
Preferred term Meningocele, Traumatic
Entry term(s) Meningoceles, Traumatic
Traumatic Meningocele
Traumatic Meningoceles
Rudimentary Meningocele - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0337006
Preferred term Rudimentary Meningocele
Entry term(s) Meningocele, Rudimentary
Meningoceles, Rudimentary
Rudimentary Meningoceles
Acquired Meningocele - Narrower
Concept UI M0337004
Preferred term Acquired Meningocele
Entry term(s) Acquired Meningoceles
Meningocele, Acquired
Meningoceles, Acquired



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