title: Giant Interfrontal Encephalocele in an Infant: A Rare Entity.
abstract: Interfrontal encephalocele is one of the rare varieties of anterior encephalocele, and a giant interfrontal encephalocele is extremely rare. The authors could find only one case report of giant interfrontal encephalocele in the literature. Anterior encephaloceles are more prevalent in South-East Asia and some northern parts of India. Giant encephalocele poses a great challenge to neurosurgeons and neuroanesthetists during surgery, as these infants usually have a low birth weight and a large sac, thus making the infant prone to hypothermia and blood loss among other risks. We encountered a patient with a giant interfrontal encephalocele aged 1 month. The rarity of this case prompted us to this report.
authors: Department of Neurosurgery, King George's Medical University, Lucknow, India.
authors: Mohd
authors: M
authors: Faheem
authors: Sunil Kumar
authors: SK
authors: Singh
authors: Bal Krishna
authors: BK
authors: Ojha
authors: Anil
authors: A
authors: Chandra
authors: Chhitij
authors: C
authors: Srivastava
authors: Manish
authors: M
authors: Jaiswal
authors: Qazi
authors: Q
authors: Zeeshan
mesh_terms: D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D005624:Frontal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases