title: Parietal and occipital encephalocele in same child: A rarest variety of double encephalocele.
abstract: An encephalocele is a protrusion of the brain and/or meninges through a defect in the skull. Based on the location of the skull defect they are classified into sincipital, basal, occipital or parietal varieties. Occurrence of more than one Encephalocele in a patient is very rare and very few cases of double encephalocele are reported. We report an interesting case where a parietal and an occipital encephalocele were present together. The patient was a 2 months boy who was brought to us with complaints of two swelling on the scalp since birth. Neuroimaging studies confirmed it to be a case of double encephalocele. The rarity of the findings prompted us to report this case. The presentation and management of the case along with and review of the relevant literature is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, U.P. 226003, India. Electronic address: soms.sms@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Somnath
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, U.P. 226003, India. Electronic address: bkojha@rediffmail.com.
authors.forename: Bal Krishan
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Ojha
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, U.P. 226003, India. Electronic address: neuroanil@sify.com.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, U.P. 226003, India. Electronic address: drsksingh2k@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sunil Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Chowk, Lucknow, U.P. 226003, India. Electronic address: drchhitij@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Chhitij
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Srivastava
mesh_terms: D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009777:Occipital Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010294:Parietal Bone / Q000002:abnormalities*
keywords: Double; Encephalocele; Occipital; Parietal; Rarest; Simultaneously