title: Congenital interparietal encephalocele: a case report.
abstract: Encephalocele is a mesodermal defect in the skull bones and duramater. Parietal encephalocele is a rare congenital anomaly of newborn with variable prognostic value. The authors report a case of a very large inter parietal encephalocele with no associated other system malformations. A midline inter parietal encephalocele is much rare, earlier reported cases were posterior parietal in location. Such cases can be successfully operated upon with a very good outcome. A unique case of a 18 day neonate, with swelling over scalp was evaluated by the neurosurgical team and the patient underwent neurosurgery. In planning the strategy for management of encephalocele, one needs to take into consideration the site, size, contents, patency of CSF pathway, neurological status and other associated anomalies. Inspite of such a big encephalocele in an atypical location, excision and repair gave excellent results.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College , Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Ashok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.affiliation: PG Resident, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital , Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Satyadeo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: PG Resident, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital , Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Rakesh Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Vadher
authors.affiliation: PG Resident, Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital , Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Sourabh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dixit
authors.affiliation: PG Resident, , Department of Surgery, Shyam Shah Medical College and Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital , Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, India .
authors.forename: Rohan S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Batra
keywords: Congenital anomaly; Parietal encephalocele; Vertex encephalocele