Giant encephalocele

Debraj Mukherjee, Shaan M. Raza, Kofi D.O. Boahene, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa

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Abstract

A 37-year-old man who presented with difficulty breathing and nasal obstruction was found to have a large encephalocele, along with other, associated congenital anomalies. The etiology, epidemiology, classification, clinical presentation, imaging, and surgical approaches used for encaphaloceles are discussed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)219-220
Number of pages2
JournalBritish Journal of Neurosurgery
Volume24
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2010
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Agenesis of the corpus callosum
  • Encephalocele

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Surgery
  • Clinical Neurology

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