The association of sphenoidal encephalocele and right anophthalmia with septo-optic dysplasia: a case report.
Septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) is an extremely rare congenital anomaly,     characterized with optic nerve hypoplasia and absence of septum pellucidum     and/or pituitary dysfunction. In addition to classical findings of SOD, we     report for the first time an 11-year-old boy, with encephalocele extending to     the right sphenoidal sinus, right anophthalmia and normal pituitary functions.     Despite all the major anomalies, the patient's presenting symptoms were very few     and during the 11-year period the SDO had caused no complaints in our case.     These findings show that the SOD course may be fairly benign. No neurological     problem was encountered in the patient's follow-up, except headache. We believe     that SOD should be kept in mind because of its rarity and the severity of its     combined pathologies.
Firat Univertsity, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery, Elazig, Turkey. fserol@yahoo.com
Fatih Serhat
FS
Erol
Necati
N
Ucler
Metin
M
Kaplan
Ilhan
I
Yilmaz
D000853:Anophthalmos / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009900:Optic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D025962:Septo-Optic Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013101:Sphenoid Sinus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed