Brain tissue herniation through a congenital or acquired defect in the skull. The majority of congenital encephaloceles occur in the occipital or frontal regions. Clinical features include a protuberant mass that may be pulsatile. The quantity and location of protruding neural tissue determines the type and degree of neurologic deficit. Visual defects, psychomotor developmental delay, and persistent motor deficits frequently occur.
    

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A baby with an encephalocele lying on a bed. Photographs by F.A. Hudson, 1869.

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Spina bifida and cranium bifidum : papers reprinted from the New England journal of medicine with the addition of a comprehensive bibiliography / by Franc D. Ingraham ; with the collaboration of Henry Swan [and others].

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 24 janvier 1838 / par J.-P.-Arsène Abrial.

Memoria sobre o encephalo-cele : acompanhada da observação de hum hidro-encephalo-cele curado no Hospital Real Militar da Corte do Rio de Janeiro, e recolhida / por Domingos Ribeiro Guimaraens Peixoto.

Des tumeurs de la voûte du crâne. Thèse / Par E. Chassaignac.

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My new face.

Spina bifida and cranium bifidum : papers reprinted from the New England journal of medicine with the addition of a comprehensive bibiliography / by Franc D. Ingraham ; with the collaboration of Henry Swan [and others].

Thèse présentée et publiquement soutenue à la Faculté de médecine de Montpellier, le 24 janvier 1838 / par J.-P.-Arsène Abrial.

Memoria sobre o encephalo-cele : acompanhada da observação de hum hidro-encephalo-cele curado no Hospital Real Militar da Corte do Rio de Janeiro, e recolhida / por Domingos Ribeiro Guimaraens Peixoto.

Des tumeurs de la voûte du crâne. Thèse / Par E. Chassaignac.