Pseudomeningocele induced transient loss of consciousness in Marfan syndrome

Anterior and posterior meningoceles are the severest clinical expression of dural ectasia in patients with Marfan syndrome. Meningoceles and pseudomeningoceles have been reported from either asymptomatic, to causing headache, back pain, leg pain, radiculopathy, constipation and/or urinary symptoms....

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Published inInternal medicine journal Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 228 - 230
Main Authors Kohler, E., Prentice, D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Melbourne, Australia Blackwell Publishing Asia 01.03.2010
Subjects
Adult
dural ectasia
Female
Humans
loss of consciousness
Marfan syndrome
Marfan Syndrome - complications
Marfan Syndrome - diagnosis
Meningocele - complications
Meningocele - diagnosis
meningoceles
pseudomeningocele
syncope
Unconsciousness - diagnosis
Unconsciousness - etiology
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Summary:Anterior and posterior meningoceles are the severest clinical expression of dural ectasia in patients with Marfan syndrome. Meningoceles and pseudomeningoceles have been reported from either asymptomatic, to causing headache, back pain, leg pain, radiculopathy, constipation and/or urinary symptoms. This article includes a case report of a 31‐year‐old woman, who presented with recurrent transient loss of consciousness thought to be secondary to acute changes in intracranial pressure transmitted from a pseudomeningocele.
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Conflict of interest: None.
Funding: None.
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ISSN:1444-0903
1445-5994
DOI:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02120.x