Chiari malformation types 3 (occipital encephalocele), 4 (cerebellar hypoplasia), and 5 (cerebellar hypoplasia and occipital-lobe ectopia into the posterior fossa) are seen in children and ...

Conclusion Occipital encephalocele is the most common form of encephalocele. The diagnosis is mostly based by the use of neuroimaging techniques. Operation is the best option for treatment. Overall ...

Similar to the diverse pathological changes, the clinical picture of ciliopathies is wide-ranging from isolated organ manifestations with restriction to the eye in Leber’s congenital amaurosis, to ...

In yet another instance, a five-month-old infant, suffering from occipital encephalocele, was given a new life after the giant protrusions around his head were removed following surgery in ...

The lump, which was on the right top of the boy's head, measured around 0.5 square inches (3.2 square centimeters) in area and had a ring of long, dark hairs surrounding it. This ring of hair ...

Case continued After delivery at term, the baby was stable on room air, orally feeding, and stayed with his mother. He was microcephalic with a large occipital encephalocele covered by a thin membrane ...

During the three-hour-long surgery, doctors removed the cyst and also "covered the functional part of the brain by expanding the skull." "Large swelling from behind the skull causes difficulty in the ...

During the three-hour long surgery, doctors removed the cyst and also "covered the functional part of the brain by expanding the skull" Giant Occipital Encephalocele is a rare congenital condition in ...

Giant Occipital Encephalocele is a rare congenital condition in which there is a big sac-like protrusion or projection of the brain and the membranes that cover it through an opening in the skull. If ...

Giant Occipital Encephalocele is a rare congenital condition in which there is a big sac-like protrusion or projection of the brain and the membranes that cover it through an opening in the skull.

New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) A three-month-old boy from Bangladesh, suffering from a rare congenital condition, got a new lease of life after doctors at AIIMS here removed a protruding part of his brain ...

Article citations More>> Jowi, J.O. (2009) Encephalocele. East African Medical Journal, 86, 49-50. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Pre-Natal Diagnosis of Occipital Encephalocele: A ...