Table 2.

Characteristics of patients with meningoceles or prominent Meckel’s caves

#	Sex age	Race	BMI, kg/m2	CSF opening pressure (cm H2O)	Presenting symptoms	Overall clinical coursea	Meningocele	Enlargement of Meckel’s cave
1	W 27	Black	50.8	31	HA + TVO	Good	Left petrous apex	-
2	W 26	Black	25.5	30	HA	Good	Bilateral Meckel’s cave	NAb
3	W 28	Black	35.7	32	HA	Good	Right Meckel’s cave	NAb
4	W 25	White	40.4	41	HA	Good	Left petrous apex	-
5	W 53	White	46.1	36	HA + TVO	Poor	Bilateral Meckel’s cave	NAb
6	W 23	White	34.4	38	HA + TVO	Good	Bilateral Meckel’s cave	NAb
7	W 39	Black	52.1	High	None	Good	Right Meckel’s cave	NAb
8	W 42	Black	30	27	HA	Good	Bilateral petrous apex	-
9	W 54	White	25.1	29	None	Good	Bilateral Meckel’s cave + right petrous apex	NAb
10	W 27	White	34	60	HA+ Blurry vision	Good	-	Bilateral
11	W 31	Black	36.6	28	HA+ diplopia	Good	-	Right
12	W 30	Black	32.6	34	HA	Good	-	Bilateral
13	W 19	Black	50.7	41	HA	Good	-	Bilateral
14	W 18	Black	31.8	50	HA	Poor	-	Left
15	W 28	White	43.9	31	HA	Poor	-	Bilateral
16	W 35	Black	41.2	31	HA	Poor	-	Left

^aPatients considered to have a “poor” clinical course had fulminant disease, progressive VF defects, or required a surgical procedure. Patients with a “good” clinical course had none of the “poor” clinical features.

^bProminent Meckel’s cave cannot be determined in the presence of a Meckel’s cave meningocele.

BMI = body mass index, CSF = cerebral spinal fluid, W = woman, HA = headache, TVO = transient visual obscurations, NA= not applicable.