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INTRATHORACIC MENINGOCELE, SPINAL DEFORMITY, AND MULTIPLE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS

A. W. Lipmann Kessel 1

1 The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, London, London, England

Two cases of lateral meningocele and spinal deformity in von Recklinghausen's disease are reported. Of the ten known cases of lateral meningocele, seven have occurred in patients with neurofibromatosis. The relation of spinal deformity and neurofibromatosis is briefly discussed.
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Hip, Knee, Trauma, Upper limb, Foot & Ankle, Paediatrics, Oncology, Spine, Arthroplasty, General