Endoscopic treatment of an oral cephalocele. Case report.
This report describes an unusual cephalocele originating in the temporobasal region and protruding through the sphenopetral area into the oral cavity. A rapid and nonaggressive endoscopic procedure was performed. The relationship between this type of cephalocele, spontaneous anteroinferior temporal encephaloceles, and nasopharyngeal brain heterotopia is discussed.
Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Raftopoulos
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David
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Allard
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Ickx
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Balériaux
D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000601:surgery*; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014014:Tissue Adhesives
D014014:Tissue Adhesives