title: Transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Encephaloceles are rare cranio-facial developmental anomalies.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this paper, we discuss the case of an 8-month-old girl affected by a transsphenoidal meningoencephalocele and try to give landmarks of the state of art in the surgical treatment of this rare pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Catholic University, Medical School, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, 00168 Rome, Italy. cityfalcon58@hotmail.com
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Formica
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Iannelli
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Paludetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Di Rocco
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000601:surgery*; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities