Satyarthee GD, Moscote-Salazar LR, Escobar-Hernandez N, Aquino-Matus J, Puac-Polanco PC, Hoz SS, Calderon-Miranda WG. A Giant Occipital Encephalocele in Neonate with Spontaneous Hemorrhage into the Encephalocele Sac: Surgical Management.
J Pediatr Neurosci 2017;
12:268-270. [PMID:
29204205 PMCID:
PMC5696667 DOI:
10.4103/jpn.jpn_6_17]
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Abstract
The presence of giant occipital encephalocele represents a surgical challenge. However, preoperative magnetic resonance imaging with venography can help in delineating relation of venous sinus, content of the sac and help classify occipital encephalocele into infra-torcular and torcular depending on the relation with position of torcula. However, the presence of old hemorrhage into encephalocele sac is extremely rare and in the detailed PubMed search, the authors could find one such case, reported by Nath et al. The author reports a case of giant occipital encephalocele; during surgery, evidence of old bleed was noted. Pertinent literature and management are reviewed briefly.
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