Occipital encephalocele. Source of photogragh: Almazi.
Encephalocele & Cephalocele
- * Encephalocele is a sac-like protrusion of the cerebrum and meninges through a skull defect; it is due to failure of neural tube closure. It can occur anywhere along the midline of the skull, but most commonly occurs:
- At the occiput
- Top of the head
- At the junction of the forehead and the nose
- Cephalocele (similar to meningocele in the spine) is a herniation of the meninges, only, through a cranial defect.
- These most often occur in the midline occipital region.
- When they occur frontally, they often have associated hypertelorism (an increased distance between the orbits).