Occipito-clival intradiploic meningocoele following skull fracture in infancy.
An adolescent presented with an intradiploic meningocoele 11 years after an occipital skull fracture. Surgical treatment consisted initially of cranioplasty, but the lesion then progressed to involve much of the skull base, requiring cystoperitoneal shunt insertion. The pathogenesis and treatment of post-traumatic intradiploic meningocoele is discussed.
Tizzard
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Department of Neurological Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, UK.
Gleave
J
J
Antoun
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N
Macfarlane
R
R
D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002648:Child; D003388:Cranial Fossa, Posterior / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors