A spheno-orbital encephalocele with unilateral exophthalmos.
Encephaloceles are rare congenital defects in the skull, through which the meninges and brain tissue have herilated. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with a spheno-orbital encephalocele that presented with pulsatile exophthalmos. A two-stage operation resulted in a good outcome.
Sugawara
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Y
Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Tokyo, Japan.
Harii
K
K
Hirabayashi
S
S
Sakurai
A
A
Sasaki
T
T
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005094:Exophthalmos / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009915:Orbit / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic