Prenatal Diagnosis of A Case with Frontoethmoidal Encephalocele and the Neonatal Outcome
Published: July 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6166
Ebru Hacer Biberoglu, Ayse Kirbas, Korkut Daglar, Nuri Danisman
1. Faculty, Department of Perinatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
2. Faculty, Department of Perinatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
3. Faculty, Department of Perinatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Perinatology, Zekai Tahir Burak Women's Health Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Correspondence
Dr. Ayse Kirbas,
Cankaya Mahallesi, Ziaurrahman Caddesi, 4A\2 Postal code-06680, Cankaya, Ankara, Turkey.
E-mail :drayse1982@yahoo.com
Encephalocele is a rare congenital defect characterized by a sac-like protrusion of the neural tissue and/or meninges through a defect in the skull. We reported a case with a naso-frontal anterior encephalocele which was diagnosed by prenatally and confirmed by postnatal evaluation and complications such as hypoadrenalism, diabetes insipidus and arterial thrombosis in the lower limbs were diagnosed in the neonatal period.
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