What Is Myelocele

In myelocele, the spinal cord is exposed so that nerve tissue lies exposed on the surface of the back without even a covering of skin or of the meninges, the membranous tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord.

What is a Myelocele definition?

[ mī′ə-lə-sēl′ ] n. Protrusion of the spinal cord in cases of spina bifida. The central canal of the spinal cord.

What causes a meningocele?

Meningocele results from a failure to develop the caudal end of the neural tube resulting in a protrusion that contains cerebrospinal fluid, meninges, overlying skin, and does not have the spinal cord as its content. Anterior meningocele is usually presacral in location.