basal encephalocele is a rare craniofacial anomaly. in the present paper we report a 10-year-old boy presented with cleft palate, congenital nystagmus, and hypertelorism. during preoperative evaluation for cleft palate repair, a pulsatile mass was detected in the pharynx. magnetic resonance imaging showed sphenoethmoidal type of basal encephalocele and agenesis of corpus callosum. neurosurgical...

Basal-like breast cancer (BLBC) is identified by gene expression profiling studies and associated with worse overall survival. The identification of possible precursors BLBC important to gain insight into tumorigenesis therapeutic targets.