BACKGROUND Intrasphenoidal encephaloceles are extremely rare findings. Sternberg's canal is a lateral craniopharyngeal canal resulting from incomplete fusion of the greater wings of the sphenoid bone with the basisphenoid. It acts as a weak spot of the skull base, which may lead to develop a temporal lobe encephalocele protruding into the lateral recess of the sphenoid sinus (SS). CASE DESCRI...

Frontonasal dysplasia is a rare congenital anomaly affecting the eyes, nose and forehead, and occurs sporadically in most of the cases. A 24-year-old woman was referred to our unit at 27 weeks gestation due to the preliminary diagnosis of encephalocele. The sagittal and axial sonography of the fetal face depicted a midline mass measuring 3.8 × 4.2 cm, projecting anteriorly between the fetal orb...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The goals of this study are to: 1) investigate the urgency for repair of middle cranial fossa spontaneous cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks in adults, and 2) review the literature and treatment recommendations for adult spontaneous CSF otorrhea. DATA SOURCES 1) All patients who were referred to a tertiary center with spontaneous CSF otorrhea, exposed middle cranial fossa d...

Transsphenoidal encephaloceles are rare and the transsellar variety is the least common. We present a 1-year-old male patient with transsellar transsphenoidal encephalocele which herniated into the oral cavity through the congenital split palate. The patient was operated on using a combined transcranial and transpalatal approach without mortality or permanent morbidity. Clinical findings, imagi...

Context. Fetal sincipital encephalocele is one of the most serious congenital neural tube defects with a high risk of mortality and neonatal morbidity. Prenatal diagnosis of this malformation is important in fetal medicine. Case Report. We report a case of prenatal diagnosis of sincipital encephalocele using ultrasound and MRI imaging. The diagnosis was done at 25 weeks of gestation by identify...

Transalar encephaloceles are rare lesions that do not fit the standard classification of basal encephaloceles. Typically, these lesions present in adulthood, with nonspecific symptoms. We report here a case of a patient with Wegener disease in whom a large transalar encephalocele posterior to the sinus was noted when he was preoperative for left maxillary sinus surgery. The encephalocele demons...

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MGS) is a lethal autosomal recessive condition which is rarely reported. Polycystic kidneys, polydactyly, occipital encephalocele are the diagnostic triad for MGS. 24 year old G2P1L1 having a consanguineous marriage at 20 weeks of gestation on detailed level II anomaly scan showed bilateral enlarged polycystic kidneys with increased echogenicity, absent urinary bladder, ...

Abstract Background Encephaloceles are herniation of brain parenchyma through the defect in dura and skull bones. This case report reveals a rare association frontonasal encephalocele, subependymal nodular heterotopias cerebellar dysplasia with review literature. Case presentation Frontonasal encephalocele is entity. We an 18-months-old male child who presented to department pediatrics chief co...