Surgical Outcome of Anterior Encephalocele: Report of Two Cases and Review of Literature

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NJ Ismail Aliyu Muhammad Koko B.B Shehu Lasseini A

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Aliyu Muhammad Koko
Department of neurosurgery, regional centre for neurosurgery Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto, Nigeria

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Anterior encephalocele is unusual neurosurgical condition seen worldwide. We managed two cases of anterior encephalocele: a five-day old neonate that presented with fronto-ethmoidal swelling noticed since birth. Clinical and radiological evaluations (computerised tomography scan) were in keeping with frontoethmoidal encephalocele. The patient had excision and duroplasty via an extracranial-lesional approach. There was excellent post-operative recovery and good cosmetic appearance. The second case was a 6- month-old infant who was diagnosed with ethmoidal encephalocele and congenital hydrocephalus, had ventriculoperitoneal shunt, excision and repair of encephalocele and cranioplasty using autogenous bone graft had remarkable post-operative recovery and was discharged home.

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Case Report & Review of Literature

Publication history

Received: Thu 26, Dec 2019
Accepted: Fri 17, Jan 2020
Published: Thu 30, Jan 2020

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© 2023 Aliyu Muhammad Koko. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Hosting by Science Repository.
DOI: 10.31487/j.JSR.2019.01.08