Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon

The term "encephalocele" refers to the herniation of brain tissue caused by a cranial bone defect. It could be congenital, traumatic, neoplastic, or arise spontaneously. The possibility of traumatic fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele should be considered in patients who have experienced trauma...

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Autores principales: Oswal, Rajul, Hathi, Deep, Shah, Hemant R, Joshi, Geetanjali, Gemnani, Rinkle
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790011
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44507
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author Oswal, Rajul
Hathi, Deep
Shah, Hemant R
Joshi, Geetanjali
Gemnani, Rinkle
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Hathi, Deep
Shah, Hemant R
Joshi, Geetanjali
Gemnani, Rinkle
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description The term "encephalocele" refers to the herniation of brain tissue caused by a cranial bone defect. It could be congenital, traumatic, neoplastic, or arise spontaneously. The possibility of traumatic fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele should be considered in patients who have experienced trauma. We report a case of a 16-year-old male with a recent history of a bike accident presented with sudden unilateral rhinorrhea. Non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) brain was done, which showed findings of left fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele. The patient was managed with single-staged surgery without any complications.
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spelling pubmed-105445482023-10-03 Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon Oswal, Rajul Hathi, Deep Shah, Hemant R Joshi, Geetanjali Gemnani, Rinkle Cureus Internal Medicine The term "encephalocele" refers to the herniation of brain tissue caused by a cranial bone defect. It could be congenital, traumatic, neoplastic, or arise spontaneously. The possibility of traumatic fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele should be considered in patients who have experienced trauma. We report a case of a 16-year-old male with a recent history of a bike accident presented with sudden unilateral rhinorrhea. Non-contrast computed tomography (NCCT) brain was done, which showed findings of left fronto-ethmoidal encephalocele. The patient was managed with single-staged surgery without any complications. Cureus 2023-09-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10544548/ /pubmed/37790011 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44507 Text en Copyright © 2023, Oswal et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Internal Medicine
Oswal, Rajul
Hathi, Deep
Shah, Hemant R
Joshi, Geetanjali
Gemnani, Rinkle
Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title_full Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title_fullStr Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title_full_unstemmed Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title_short Traumatic Encephalocele in a 16-Year-Old Male: A Rare Phenomenon
title_sort traumatic encephalocele in a 16-year-old male: a rare phenomenon
topic Internal Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10544548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790011
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44507
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