Occipital encephalocele with holoprosencephaly and aqueduct stenosis.
A case is described in which an occipital encephalocele was removed in a newborn and in which a midline monoventricle did not appear until some months later, suggesting the diagnosis of holoprosencephaly. The relationship of encephaloceles and holoprosencephaly is discussed.
D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed