Two cases of spontaneous temporal encephalocele.
This is a report of two cases of spontaneous temporal encephalocele: one was anteroinferior and presented with epilepsy; the other was posteroinferior and presented with facial neuritis and labyrinthitis. Spontaneous temporal encephalocele is relatively rare and apparently not familiar to a majority of primary physicians. It may present with a variety of symptoms according to its anatomical location, including cerebrospinal fluid fistulas, recurrent meningitis, chronic otitis media, hearing loss, facial nerve palsy and medically intractable epilepsy. Attention should be paid to this disease entity, as it is easily overlooked in imaging studies and can leave serious neurological deficits.
Department of Radiology, National Center Hospital of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan. kkamiya-tky@umin.ac.jp
Kouhei
K
Kamiya
Harushi
H
Mori
Akira
A
Kunimatsu
Kensuke
K
Kawai
Kenichi
K
Usami
Kuni
K
Ohtomo
D000368:Aged; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult