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Two cases of congenital atretic encephalocele misdiagnosed as dermoid cyst
Jae-Hui Kim, Jae-Min Cho, Jin-Myung Jung, Eun-Sil Park, Ji-Hyun Seo, Jae-Young Lim, Chan-Hoo Park, Hyang-Ok Woo, Hee-Shang Youn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2006;49(9):1000-1004.   Published online September 15, 2006
Atretic cephalocele is a degenerative form of encephalocele, which is detected as a cystic mass in the head, primarily in infants. Its presentation and prognosis vary and depend on various factors, including the nature of the tissues within the cyst, other concomitant anomalies, the site of development, and the presence or absence of an embryonic straight sinus. We here report...
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