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Antenatal sonographic appearance of a large orbital encephalocele: A case report and differential diagnosis of orbital cystic mass
Author(s) -
Ahmed Ahmed,
Noureldin Rehab,
Gendy Mohamed,
Sakr Sharif,
Abdel Naby Mahmoud
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22019
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalocele , lymphangioma , differential diagnosis , radiology , teratoma , epidermoid cyst , anatomy , pathology
Orbital meningoceles and encephaloceles are rare extracranial extensions of the brain and meninges with or without direct communication between the central nervous system and the abnormal mass. We reported a rare case of large fetal orbital encephalocele; the diagnosis was suspected initially by prenatal ultrasound and confirmed by postnatal MRI and CT scans. The differential diagnosis of an intrauterine fetal cystic orbital mass includes orbital teratoma, epidermoid inclusion cysts, hemangioma or lymphangioma, congenital cystic eye, dacryocystocele, and orbital cephalocele. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 41:327–331, 2013