MR Images of Spontaneously Involuted Atretic Cephalocele Concomitant with Persistent Falcine Sinus in an Adult.
- Author:
Joon CHO
1
;
Mi Young KIM
;
Hong Gee ROH
;
Won Jin MOON
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Konkuk University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Brain;
MR images;
MR venography;
Persistent falcine sinus;
Atretic cephalocele
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Brain;
Central Nervous System;
Diagnosis;
Drainage;
Encephalocele*;
Humans;
Meninges;
Phlebography
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
2006;10(2):117-120
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Atretic cephalocelces are defined as skin-covered midline subscalp lesions that contain meninges and rest of glial and/or central nervous system tissue. When the straight sinus is absent or rudimentary, the falcine sinus can be recanalized to enable venous drainage. Although the atretic cephalocele or persistent falcine sinus has largely been described in the pediatric population, it is a rarely observed in the adult population. We report a unique case of spontaneously involuted atretic cephalocele coexistent with persistent falcine sinus in an adult. MR images and MR venography were useful for diagnosis and accurate anatomical depiction.
