title: A report of two 'traumatic encephaloceles'; an unrecognized entity.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An unusual complication following severe head trauma in two infants is described.
  
  
  METHODS
  'Acute traumatic encephalocele' or 'extracalvarial herniation' is presented as an entity, different from 'growing skull fracture'.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The acuteness of presentation and non-progressive calvarial fracture aperture, along with increasing size of herniated contents is the hall-mark of such pathology.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Repair of dural defect with a patch after excision of gliosed brain provides satisfactory outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. satya_sandee@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sandeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mohindra
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Virender K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Khosla
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed