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Presentation of a frontal sinus encephalomeningocele in an adult
Author(s) -
Miller Jimmy D.,
Middleton T. H.,
Haines D. E.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.980040402
Subject(s) - frontal sinus , medicine , abnormality , presentation (obstetrics) , embryology , frontal bone , anatomy , cerebrospinal fluid , cerebrospinal fluid leak , sinus (botany) , radiology , pathology , skull , botany , psychiatry , biology , genus
A case of an encephalomeningocele of the frontal sinus in an adult is presented. This rare entity was found during an exploration of the frontal fossa for a cerebrospinal fluid leak and was not correlated with facial abnormalities. The embryology of the frontal sinus and bone formation is discussed and a hypothesis for the development of this abnormality, as discovered in the adult, is proposed.