Skeletal morphology of anterior encephaloceles defined through the use of three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography.
We have used three-dimensional reconstruction of computed tomography to study the morphology of anterior encephaloceles. The findings based on living patients rather than cadaver specimens confirm previous findings suggesting 'blow out' defects which displace otherwise normal osseous structures.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005004:Ethmoid Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012886:Skull / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*