His case was worsened by an encephalocele, a hole in the head.

This dye may be a cause of certain birth defects such as encephalocele.

Portia's case was at the extreme end of the encephalocele spectrum.

In the other group, iniencephaly clausus, the encephalocele is absent.

The severity of encephalocele varies, depending on its location.

The success of surgery often depends on the amount of brain tissue involved in the encephalocele.

The most severely affected will have a fronto-ethmoid-nasal-maxillary encephalocele.

The more severe group is iniencephaly apertus, involving the development of an encephalocele.

Other features can include median cleft palate and anterior encephalocele.

The clinical spectrum of the disorder includes encephalocele, craniorachischisis, and anencephaly.

The most common cranial anomaly seen in combination with facial clefts is encephalocele.

A fissure of the skull and a projecting brain known as (encephalocele)

Nasal glial heterotopia is rare, while an encephalocele is uncommon.

NGH usually presents in infancy, while encephalocele may present in older children and adults.

It is important to distinguish a dacrocystocele from the more serious encephalocele, which is a neural tube defect.

The treatment of encephalocele is based on surgery to repair the bony gap and provide adequate protection of the underlying brain.

If the dermoid cysts appear on the medial aspect, the possibility of an encephalocele becomes greater and should be considered among the differential diagnosis.

Encephaloceles are generally classified as nasofrontal, nasoethmoidal, or naso-orbital, however, there can be some overlap in the type of encephalocele.

As a congenital malformation or ectopia, it is distinctly different from the trauma or iatrogenic development of an encephalocele.

-- treatise involving encephalocele congenita.

Physicians often use magnetic resonance imaging to confirm the diagnosis because in utero, acalvaria sometimes confused with anencephaly or encephalocele.

If there is a concurrent cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, then an encephalocele is much more likely.

Usually encephaloceles are noticeable deformities and are diagnosed immediately after birth, but a small encephalocele in the nasal or forehead region can go undetected.

Sometimes, in the case of iniencephaly apertus, an encephalocele (sac-like protrusions of the brain through an opening in the cranium) forms.

Abel suffered from a rare nasofrontal facial encephalocele, an extreme protrusion of brain tissue from the front of his skull.