Goldenhar's syndrome associated with occipital meningoencephalocele--case report.
A male neonate presented with Goldenhar's syndrome (oculoauriculovertebral dysplasia), a combination of facial microsomia and auricular malformation, associated with occipital meningoencephalocele. Three-dimensional computed tomography images clearly showed a suboccipital cranial cleft extending to the foramen magnum and hypogenesis of the left temporal bone. The patient died of heart failure due to ventricular septal defect at age 5 months.
Department of Neurosurgery, Ishikawa Central Prefectural Hospital, Kanazawa. kitad@ns.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Daisuke
D
Kita
Shigeru
S
Munemoto
Yasunao
Y
Ueno
Akiko
A
Fukuda
D000328:Adult; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006053:Goldenhar Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal