title: Frontonasal encephalocele and associated congenital brain tumor.
abstract: A rare case of frontonasal encephalocele associated with a congenital brain tumor is presented. We describe our combined extracranial and intracranial approach to correction of frontonasal encephaloceles. A discussion of frontonasal encephaloceles and neonatal brain tumors follows, with a discussion of embryopathogenesis and surgical correction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisianna 70112, USA.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: McDonald
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zagzag
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Thorne
mesh_terms: D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000601:surgery; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008588:Meningocele / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D009295:Nasal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014427:Twins