title: Nontraumatic orbital roof encephalocele.
abstract: Intraorbital meningoencephaloceles occur most commonly as a complication of traumatic orbital roof fractures. Nontraumatic congenital orbital meningoncephaloceles are very rare, with most secondary to destructive processes affecting the orbit and primary skull defects. Treatment for intraorbital meningoencephaloceles is surgical repair, involving the excision of herniated brain parenchyma and meninges and reconstruction of the osseous defect. Most congenital lesions present in infancy with obvious globe and orbital deformities; we report an orbital meningoencephalocele in a 3-year-old girl who presented with ptosis.
authors.affiliation: University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, Florida. Electronic address: a.hoang@knights.ucf.edu.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoang
authors.affiliation: Nemours Children's Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Todd
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Maugans
authors.affiliation: Nemours Children's Hospital, Department of Radiology, Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Thang
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ngo
authors.affiliation: Nemours Children's Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Orlando, Florida.
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ikeda
mesh_terms: D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008588:Meningocele / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009916:Orbital Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed