Encephalocele: What It Is, Causes, Treatment & Types - Cleveland Clinic
网页Encephalocele is a birth defect where brain tissue grows through an opening in your newborn’s skull. It’s a type of neural tube defect that happens when the top of the neural tube doesn’t close completely. The condition can be life-threatening, but surgery helps treat it.
Encephalocele - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf
网页2023年9月4日 · Encephalocele is usually a congenital type of neural tube defect, where a sac containing brain/meninges/cerebrospinal fluid forms outside the skull due to a bone defect. On occasions, acquired encephaloceles may result from trauma, tumors, or iatrogenic injury.
Encephalocele | Birth Defects - CDC
网页2024年5月16日 · Encephalocele is a rare type of neural tube defect (NTD) that affects the brain. The neural tube forms the early brain and spine. When the neural tube does not close completely during early pregnancy, encephalocele can happen.
Encephalocele - Wikipedia
网页Encephalocele is a neural tube defect characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brain and the membranes that cover it through openings in the skull. These defects are caused by failure of the neural tube to close completely during fetal development.
Encephalocele - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD
网页2023年9月8日 · Encephaloceles are rare neurological birth defects characterized by sac-like protrusions of brain tissue, the membranes that cover the brain (meninges) and the clear, watery fluid within the tissues that surround the brain …
Encephalocele - Nationwide Children's Hospital
网页Encephalocele is a rare congenital condition where the neural tube does not close and causes a sac-like bulge with brain tissue and spinal fluid that pokes through the skull. Encephalocele is often found during a prenatal ultrasound.
Primary (congenital) encephalocele - UpToDate
网页2024年7月5日 · An encephalocele is a protrusion of the brain and/or meninges through a defect in the skull (cranium bifidum) that is "closed" or covered with skin. Encephalocele is one of the three most common neural tube defects (NTDs). The epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of encephaloceles are discussed in this topic review.
Encephalocele - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
网页An encephalocele is present at birth and appears as a sac-like protrusion of the brain and membranes through a hole in the skull. Encephaloceles typically form on the face — between the forehead and nose — or at the back of the skull.
Encephalocele - Texas Children’s
网页Encephalocele is a rare, severe birth defect in which a portion of the baby’s brain protrudes out of a hole in the skull. The brain tissue is typically covered by a thin membrane, creating a sac-like protrusion.
Encephalocele - Encephalocele - MSD Manual Professional Edition
网页An encephalocele is a protrusion of nervous tissue and meninges through a skull defect. Many can be repaired surgically. An encephalocele is caused by incomplete closure of the cranial vault (cranium bifidum).