An encephalocele is a rare neural tube defect present at birth and affects the brain. The brain and the spinal cord are formed by narrow channel of the neural tube that folds and closes during the ...

Also known of as cranium bifidum, encephalocele describes a rare defect where a baby’s skull does not close properly during development. Parts of the brain or the membranes that cover it (meninges) ...

A 20-year-old's runny nose that he had been suffering for six years turned out to be his brain bulging through a hole in his skull. The unidentified man from Syria had been suffering a chronic runny ...

Encephaloceles are rare birth defects associated with skull defects caused by partial lacking of bone fusion leaving a gap through which a portion of the brain sticks out (protrudes). In some cases, ...

Intellectual disability is a developmental delay that is significantly below average compared to peers, in terms of intelligence and adaptive skills. Neural Tube Defects - Types, Causes, Diagnosis & ...

Clinicians should actively search for anteroinferior encephaloceles in patients with treatment-refractory epilepsy, say researchers. Reporting in Neurology, Ritva Vanninen (Kuopio University Hospital, ...

An encephalocele is a rare birth defect which occurs during the pregnancy when the developing skull of the baby fails to close completely. A part of the brain may come through the hole in the skull.

Intellectual disability is a developmental delay that is significantly below average compared to peers, in terms of intelligence and adaptive skills. Neural Tube Defects - Types, Causes, Diagnosis & ...

You have full access to this article via your institution. Occipital encephaloceles may occur as isolated anomalies or in association with genetic syndromes or well-defined congenital malformation ...

Local doctors recently performed a successful surgery to remove a mass which presented itself as a “second head” from a newborn baby. The Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) announced on Saturday that ...