title: Occult temporal lobe encephalocoele into the transverse sinus.
abstract: In this article we present a case of an incidental encephalocoele protruding through a dural defect into the transverse sinus. Encephalocoeles are usually described as a herniation of the meninges and brain parenchyma through a bony defect of the cranium or base of skull. To our knowledge, there are only a few patients reported in the literature of occult encephalocoeles through dural defects. Our case study highlights that encephalocoele should be a differential diagnosis for a filling defect in this location.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: asadi.hamed@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hamed
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asadi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morokoff
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Department of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gaillard
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008875:Middle Aged; D019291:Skull Base / Q000473:pathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D054064:Transverse Sinuses / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: Encephalocoele; Neuroradiology; Neurosurgery