title: Occipital encephalocele associated with mediastinal enteric duplication cyst.
abstract: Enteric duplication is a rare developmental anomaly. This anomaly can be seen anywhere along the gastrointestinal tract, and less than 2% of the cases extend to the mediastinum. Developmental neuroectodermal and cutaneous ectodermal abnormalities, especially vertebral midline fusion abnormalities, are frequently associated with enteric duplications. We report a case of a newborn with occipital encephalocele, also having a mediastinal enteric duplication cyst. The clinical course of this case is described in detail to emphasize the occurrence of life-threatening complications of these associated developmental abnormalities during the treatment of the primary pathology in the neurosurgery practice. In the literature, we failed to demonstrate any co-existence of these two developmental abnormalities and review the embryogenesis of the association of these congenital malformations presented here.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Oruçkaptan
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Senmevsim
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akalan
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000196:embryology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000473:pathology