Fourth ventriculoceles with extracranial extension: one case report.
Encephaloceles involving only the herniated fourth ventricle are exceedingly rare. We report a case of such a cranial malformation and review the literature regarding these malformations and their potential embryological derailment.
Tubbs
R Shane
RS
Section of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. rstubbs@uab.edu
Zhan
Luke
L
Loukas
Marios
M
Shoja
Mohammadali M
MM
Ardalan
Mohammad
M
Oakes
W Jerry
WJ
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