Vol 77, No 3 (2018)
Case report
Published online: 2017-11-27
Recurrence of atretic parietal cephalocele in adult: a case report and review of literature
Abstract
Common presentation of atretic parietal cephalocele is mostly seen in infants and young children. It is a palpable midline parietal soft tissue mass which is thought to represent involuted true cephalocele (meningocele or encephalocele) connected to dura mater via a fibrous stalk. Atretic parietal cephalocele is associated with increased incidence of intracranial anomalies.. Parietal cephaloceles comprise about 1% of all cerebrospinal congenital malformations and 10% of cephaloceles. We report here the case of an atretic parietal cephalocele with no associated brain malformations in adult.
Keywords: atretic cephaloceleencephalocelestraight sinusbrain herniationadultneuroradiology
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