title: Atretic cephalocele in the adult.
abstract: Atretic cephaloceles are usually detected at birth. Recently we treated a 38-year-old man with one of these lesions, apparently the first report of this occurrence in an adult.
authors.affiliation: Regional Service of Neurosurgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, National Health Service, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piqueras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poza
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*