A Rare Presentation of Fatal Sacral
Meningocele: A Case Report
1089-1091
Correspondence
N. Bhimai Devi
Department of Anatomy,
Maharajah’s Institute of Medical sciences,
Nellimarla, India.
E-mail:dr.bhimaidevi@yahoo.com
A case of sacral meningocele presented as a diverticulum within the confines of a cystic enlargement found in a full term male foetus. The sacral meningocele does not cause any mortality, but in the present case the foetus is still born. This is the reason for taking up the case. An autopsy of the foetus revealed an extensive syringomyelia in the histological sections of the spinal cord at cervical, thoracic and lumbar segments.