Cephalocele, occipital

Marcos Velasco Sanchez, MD

Instituto de Diagnostico por Imagen, Clinica Medica de Jesus, Mexico

This is a 23-year-old-woman that presented with polyhydramnios. The scan revealed a large occipital cephalocele.

Sagittal view: Note the severe polyhydramnios and the occipital mass

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Coronal and sagittal section of the cephalocele. Note the septum inside the mass

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Note the skull defect and the brain tissue inside the cephalocele, making this an encephalocele:

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3D reconstruction of the cephalocele

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