Double Encephalocele: An Unusual Presentation

The occurrence of multiple neural tube defects in a single patient is rare; the cases reported in the past are mostly of thoracic and lumbosacral region. Double occipital encephaloceles are rare; only four cases have been reported till date. Here we report a case of double encephalocele—one in the v...

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Autores principales: Yhoshu, Enono, Dash, Vedarth, Bawa, Monika
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6057211/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090153
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_22_18
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description The occurrence of multiple neural tube defects in a single patient is rare; the cases reported in the past are mostly of thoracic and lumbosacral region. Double occipital encephaloceles are rare; only four cases have been reported till date. Here we report a case of double encephalocele—one in the vertex and the other in the occiput, and a literature study on similar reports.
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spelling pubmed-60572112018-08-08 Double Encephalocele: An Unusual Presentation Yhoshu, Enono Dash, Vedarth Bawa, Monika J Pediatr Neurosci Case Report The occurrence of multiple neural tube defects in a single patient is rare; the cases reported in the past are mostly of thoracic and lumbosacral region. Double occipital encephaloceles are rare; only four cases have been reported till date. Here we report a case of double encephalocele—one in the vertex and the other in the occiput, and a literature study on similar reports. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC6057211/ /pubmed/30090153 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jpn.JPN_22_18 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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