Occipital Meningoencephalocele case report and review of current literature

Abstract Background Meningoencephalocele is a rare congenital anomaly that is characterized by herniation of brain tissue through a defect in skull. Generally, it could be divided by anatomical location of defect to occipital and frontoethmoidal. The exact etiology of this condition is unknown but m...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Alwahab, Adnan Kharsa, Alaa Nugud, Shomous Nugud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41016-017-0104-5