title: Tiny hair tuft: a clue for occipital cephalocele.
abstract: Recurrent meningitis is a rare problem and can be due to alterations in immune system, or craniospinal defect. Any clue either in patient's history or physical examination would be helpful for avoiding unnecessary and tiring tests. Here we present the case of a child with recurrent bacterial meningitis who had an unnoticed hair tuft on the occipital region. The final diagnosis was occipital cephalocele with a rare presentation of a tiny tuft of hair.
authors: Pediatrics Department, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Education and Research Hospital, Halkali, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors: Nevin
authors: N
authors: Hatipoglu
authors: Ozden
authors: O
authors: Türel
authors: Husem
authors: H
authors: Hatipoglu
authors: Nuri
authors: N
authors: Engerek
authors: Rengin
authors: R
authors: Siraneci
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008586:Meningitis, Pneumococcal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology*; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D012008:Recurrence; D013296:Streptococcus pneumoniae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents
keywords: cephalocele; hair tuft; meningitis