title: Large meningoencephalocele after orbital decompression.
abstract: A 71-year-old woman with a history of thyroid eye disease was seen for evaluation of a skull-base mass noted on neuroimaging. She had previously under-gone bilateral orbital decompressions and strabismus surgery and had no neurologic symptoms. Bony defects along the skull base and cerebrospinal fluid leaks are known risks of orbital surgery. This is the first report of a large, asymptomatic meningoencephalocele after orbital decompression surgery.
authors: Oculoplastic and Orbital Surgery Service, Wills Eye Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. amurchison@willseye.org
authors: Ann P
authors: AP
authors: Murchison
authors: Madeleine
authors: M
authors: Schaberg
authors: Marc R
authors: MR
authors: Rosen
authors: James J
authors: JJ
authors: Evans
authors: Jurij R
authors: JR
authors: Bilyk
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D009915:Orbit / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013285:Strabismus / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology