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MeSH Heading: Meningocele
Tree Number(s): C10.500.680.598; C16.131.666.680.598; C23.300.707.968
Unique ID: D008588
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008588
Annotation: meningoencephalocele: coordinate IM with ENCEPHALOCELE (IM)
Scope Note: A congenital or acquired protrusion of the meninges, unaccompanied by neural tissue, through a bony defect in the skull or vertebral column.
Entry Term(s): Acquired Meningocele; Herniation of Meninges; Meningeal Herniation; Meningocele, Traumatic; Rudimentary Meningocele
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2010/06/25

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Meningocele MeSH Descriptor Data 2025