A Congenital Fronto-ethmoidal Encephalocele in a Female: A Case Report
Published: 2020-11-20
Page: 298-303
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 2]
Ouassime Kerdoud *
Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpital 20 Août, CHU IBN Rochd de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco.
Abd El Hamid Jehri
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU IBN Rochd de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco.
Faiçal Slimani
Service de Stomatologie et Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale, Hôpital 20 Août, CHU IBN Rochd de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco. and Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco.
Abdessamad Naja
Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU IBN Rochd de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco. and Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie de, Casablanca, Royaume du Maroc, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Encephalocele is defined as the protrusion of cranial contents beyond the normal confines of the skull. They may contain meninges (meningocele), brain tissue, and meninges (meningoence-phalocele), or they may communicate with the ventricles (meningoencephalocystocele). We report the case of 39 years old patient with congenital frontoethmoidal encephalocele. Through trans-facial approach resection of nonfunctional brain tissue was performed then the dural defect was repaired. The nasal deformity was corrected using the cement to provide dorsal nasal support from the nasal bones, the orbit's inner walls, to the lateral nasal cartilage. The absence of recurrence marked the patient's follow-up. This case is presented for its rarity.
Keywords: Cement reconstruction, congenital abnormalities, Encephalocele, frontal, trans-facial approach.