Giant Encephalocele
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A Giant Occipital Encephalocele
Giant occipital encephaloceles are rare lesions. Because of their enormous size they pose a surgical challenge. Herein we report a four months old female baby who presented with progressively increasing swelling over the occipital region. This swelling was present since birth. Surgery was planned to reduce the size of the swelling as well as its contents. The redundant sac was excised and reduc...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2213-5766
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsc.2021.101817