Mahore Amit, Fonseca Alejandro, Dange Nitin, Redhu Rakesh, Muzumdar Dattatreya, Goel Atul
Department of Neurosurgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College, Mumbai, India.
Pediatr Neurosurg. 2010;46(1):39-42. doi: 10.1159/000315000. Epub 2010 May 27.
Encephalocele represents one end of the spectrum of open neural tube defects. We report an infant with Chiari type 3 malformation manifesting as infratorcular occipital meningoencephalocele with dermoid cyst. To our knowledge, this is the first time that this association is described. The pathogenesis, surgical treatment, prognosis and management difficulties are also being discussed.