occipital encephalocele
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Definition: In posterior encephalocele, the brain and meninges herniate through a defect in the calvaria.
Occipital encephalocele belongs to the family of neural tube defects, which occur in one among 2000 to 5000 live births.
Syndromic encephaloceles include Meckel-Gruber syndrome and various chromosomal abnormalities.
Types (Examples)
isolated posterior encephalocele (non-syndromic posterior encephalocele)
associated posterior encephalocele
- 1p35-pter deletion and 14q32-qter duplication inherited from a maternal balanced translocation (17385797)
syndromic posterior encephalocele
Case records
See also
Malformations
References
Thauvin-Robinet C, Callier P, Laurent N, Rousseau T, Masurel-Paulet A, Marle N, Huet F, Sagot P, Faivre L, Mugneret F. Syndromic encephalocele in a fetal case with a 1p35-pter deletion and a 14q32-qter duplication inherited from a maternal balanced translocation. Prenat Diagn. 2007 Jun;27(6):555-9. PMID: 17385797