Occult spontaneous lateral temporal meningoencephalocele: MR findings of a rare developmental anomaly.
We describe a case of an occult lateral temporal meningoencephalocele discovered in a 14-year-old boy during a work-up for minor head trauma. This spontaneous encephalocele resulted from a closure defect at the former sphenoidal fontanelle. Preoperative MR images are presented.
Horky
J K
JK
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University, School of Medicine, New Have, Conn. 06520, USA.
Chaloupka
J C
JC
Putman
C M
CM
Roth
T C
TC
D000293:Adolescent; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis; D003393:Cranial Sutures / Q000002:abnormalities; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000002:abnormalities; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*