Primary Occipital Encephalocele in an Elderly Patient
| Autor: | Henrique Almeida Barros, Fernanda Carvalho Barros, Paulo Franco Taitson, Helvécio Marangon Júnior |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Fistula 030105 genetics & heredity Occipital region Neurosurgical Procedures Encephalocele 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Elderly patient Reduction (orthopedic surgery) Aged 80 and over Occipital encephalocele business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease Skull medicine.anatomical_structure Otorhinolaryngology Female Surgery Occipital Lobe Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed Occipital lobe business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. 27:e252-e253 |
| ISSN: | 1049-2275 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/scs.0000000000002458 |
| Popis: | The encephalocele is a condition characterized by the protrusion of the intracranial contents through a bone defect of the skull. The authors report a clinical case of an 80-year-old woman with primary occipital encephalocele on the right side and that was affected by trauma and presented liquor fistula and infection. Tomographic sections were obtained by injection intravenous of contrast. The images showed bone thickness thinning on the right occipital region and solution of continuity (encephalocele) with regular contours, reduction in brain volume, and hypodensity of the periventricular white substance were observed. The patient was successfully operated. |
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