title: Encephalocystocele - uncommon diagnosis in prenatal medicine.
abstract: Encephalocystocele is a developmental malformation characterized by brain herniation accompanied with extracranial cystic protrusion of the ventricular system. This nosological unit is often overlooked and insufficiently classified merely as encephalocele. Herein, two exceptionally clear cases of the parieto-occipital cranioschisis with encephalocystocele and congenital hydrocephalus of the lateral ventricles are documented with 2-dimensional/3-dimensional sonographic images and the corresponding MRI findings. In both cases, prenatal diagnosis was confirmed by autopsy.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comenius University and University Hospital, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dankovcik
authors.forename: Vlasta
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vyhnalkova
authors.forename: Stela
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muranska
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kucera
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Korpova
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Plichtova
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miklosova
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ferianec
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Evangelista Jirasek
authors.forename: Marek
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dudas
mesh_terms: D000025:Abortion, Eugenic; D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D052858:Cystocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D011296:Prenatal Diagnosis; D047929:Term Birth