Anterior encephaloceles: a report of 30 cases

Mahapatra, A. K. ; Tandon, P. N. ; Dhawan, I. K. ; Khazanchi, R. K. (1994) Anterior encephaloceles: a report of 30 cases Child's Nervous System, 10 (8). pp. 501-504. ISSN 0256-7040

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Abstract

Thirty cases of anterior encephalocele treated in our centre over an 18-year period (from 1973 to 1990) are presented. At the time of surgery over 60% of the patients were under the age of 2 years, and 40% were aged under 1 year. Only one child was over 10 years of age. Twenty-six patients had the frontoethmoidal type of defect, while two each had frontonasal- and nasoorbital-type lesions. Twenty-five children had varying degrees of hypertelorism. Four had an enlarged head and four microcephaly. In 26 patients one-stage repair of the encephalocele and reconstruction of the orbits was undertaken. A ventriculoperitoneal shunt was performed prior to definitive surgery in three patients with gross hydrocephalus. There was no post-operative mortality. Six patients had postoperative CSF rhinorrhoea, three of them requiring a lumboperitoneal shunt. This study highlights the role of one-stage repair of this defect.

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Keywords:Anterior Encephaloceles; Hypertelorism; One-stage Correction
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