title: Early second-trimester sonographic appearance of occipital haemangioma simulating encephalocele.
abstract: Encephalocele is the most common cause of occipital midline extracranial mass associated with hydrocephalus. A case is presented where an occipital extracranial mass associated with hydrocephalus which was detected on second-trimester ultrasound examination turned out to be a haemangioma, a relatively benign lesion. We suggest that haemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of extracranial masses detected prenatally.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center and Technion--Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronshtein
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bar-Hava
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Blumenfeld
mesh_terms: D000032:Abortion, Therapeutic; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal