Fronto-ethmoidal meningoencephalocele: A case report
İsmail Ermış, Tahir Hayırlıoğlu, Ali Canbolat, Atilla Arıncı, İlhan Elmacı
Article No:
9
Article Type :
Case Report
A six-year-old boy is demonstrated who was born with a large swelling (fronto-ethmoidal meningoencephalocele) at the root of the nose. Following radiographic investigations, he underwent surgery by extracranial approach utilizing bicoronal and facial incions for removal of the protruding mass and reconstruction of the fronto-basal defect. In this paper, the surgical treatment of the patient is presented and the literature is reviewed.
Keywords :
Encephalocele, naso-ethmoidal meningoencephalocele, fronto-ethmoidal meningoencephalocele
Dusunen Adam : The Journal of Psychiatry and Neurological Sciences :
1995;8:56-59
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