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Case Reports
. 1996 Apr;36(4):410-2.
doi: 10.1097/00000637-199604000-00016.

A spheno-orbital encephalocele with unilateral exophthalmos

Y Sugawara  1 , K Harii, S Hirabayashi, A Sakurai, T Sasaki
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Case Reports

A spheno-orbital encephalocele with unilateral exophthalmos

Y Sugawara et al. Ann Plast Surg. 1996 Apr.

Abstract

Encephaloceles are rare congenital defects in the skull, through which the meninges and brain tissue have herilated. We report a case of an 11-year-old boy with a spheno-orbital encephalocele that presented with pulsatile exophthalmos. A two-stage operation resulted in a good outcome.

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