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Washington University Experience | DEVELOPMENTAL MALFORMATIONS | Encephalocele | 9A1 Encephalocoele (Case 9) T1 W - Copy
Case 9 History ---- The patient is a four-day-old female, delivered by Cesarean section after 38 weeks of gestation with good prenatal care, who was noted prenatally to have a posterior encephalocele confirmed by MRI. At birth, the occipital mass measured approximately 10-12 cm in diameter, on a narrowed pedicle. Clinical diagnosis: Encephalocele. Operative procedure: Encephalocele repair. ---- 9A1-4 Several views of the encephalocele with T1-weighted contrast applied axial scan (9A1) and T2-weighted images (9A2-4) which show a complement of herniated brain tissue.
