A report of two 'traumatic encephaloceles'; an unrecognized entity.
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.
Mohindra
Sandeep
S
Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. satya_sandee@yahoo.com
Chhabra
Rajesh
R
Gupta
Rahul
R
Gupta
Sunil K
SK
Khosla
Virender K
VK
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