[Enecphalocele: 26 retrospective cases at the Maternal and Neonatal Center of La Rabta, Tunis].
Encephalocel is leff frequent than spina bifida and anencephalia. Its incidence is 0.25@1000 births. It concern as much female than male. This neural defect is frequency associated to others malformations face (20%) squelette (17%), kidney (13%). In our study the ultra sound is performant in 82% of the cases. Encephalocel is still a lethal and severe abnormality.
Soumaya
S G
SG
Centre de Maternité et de Néonatologie La Rabta, Tunis.
Aida
M
M
Sami
M
M
Khaled
N
N
Med Badis
C
C
Sami
J
J
Ezedine
S
S
Zohra
M
M
Issam
L
L
Faouzia
Z
Z
Hedi
R
R
Hela
C
C
Naima
K
K
D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal