OCCULT SPONTANEOUS LATERAL TEMPORAL MENINGOENCEPHALOCELE - MR FINDINGS OF A RARE DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY

Authors
HORKY JK CHALOUPKA JC PUTMAN CM ROTH TC
Citation
Jk. Horky et al., OCCULT SPONTANEOUS LATERAL TEMPORAL MENINGOENCEPHALOCELE - MR FINDINGS OF A RARE DEVELOPMENTAL ANOMALY, American journal of neuroradiology, 18(4), 1997, pp. 744-746
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology","Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of neuroradiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01956108
Volume
18
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
744 - 746
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-6108(1997)18:4<744:OSLTM->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We describe a case of an occult lateral temporal meningoencephalocele discovered in a 14-year-old boy during a work-up for minor head trauma . This spontaneous encephalocele resulted from a closure defect at the former sphenoidal fontanelle. Preoperative MR images are presented.