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Occipital encephalocele in a neonate: a case successfully managed by excision and formation of a reverse visor scalp flap

Encephaloceles are one form of neural tube defect and are associated with partial absence of skull bone fusion, with an incidence of 1–4 cases for every 10 000 live births. We report the case of a neonate born at term, with an antenatal diagnosis of occipital encephalocele, which was successfully ma...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Tan, Elizabeth, Makaranka, Stanislau, Mohamed, Nusrat, Cavale, Naveen
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7021175/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969420
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-232127
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