title: Neurosurgical management of congenital malformations of the brain.
abstract: Congenital malformations encompass a diverse group of disorders that often present at birth, either as the result of genetic abnormalities, infection, errors of morphogenesis, or abnormalities in the intrauterine environment. Congenital disorders affecting the brain are now often diagnosed before delivery with the use of prenatal ultrasonography. Over the past several decades, there have been major advances in the understanding and management of these conditions. This review focuses on the most common cranial congenital malformations, limiting the discussion to the neurosurgically relevant aspects of arachnoid cysts, pineal cysts, Chiari malformations, and encephaloceles.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0338, USA.
authors.forename: Shawn L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Hervey-Jumper
authors.forename: Aaron A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Cohen-Gadol
authors.forename: Cormac O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Maher
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D009493:Neurosurgery / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography