Atretic cephalocele communicating with lateral ventricles.
Atretic cephaloceles are thought to be involuted true meningoceles or encephaloceles. They are located at the midline of the parietal or occipital region and usually joined to the subarachnoidal space. We present a 6-month-old girl with atretic cephalocele communicating with the lateral ventricles.
Aydin
M D
MD
Department of Neurosurgery, Social Insurance Hospital (SSK Hastanesi), Erzurum, Turkey. naydin@atauni.edu.tr
D004677:Encephalocele / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012535:Scalp / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012886:Skull / Q000002:abnormalities*