Giant encephalocele.
A 37-year-old man who presented with difficulty breathing and nasal obstruction was found to have a large encephalocele, along with other, associated congenital anomalies. The etiology, epidemiology, classification, clinical presentation, imaging, and surgical approaches used for encephaloceles are discussed.
Mukherjee
Debraj
D
Department of Neurosurgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA.
Raza
Shaan M
SM
Boahene
Kofi D O
KD
Quiñones-Hinojosa
Alfredo
A
D000328:Adult; D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D003399:Craniotomy / Q000379:methods*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome