Open AccessOccipital Encephalocele with Multiple Birth Defects: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Bikash Pyakhurel,
Anita Lamichhane,
Bikash Bhandari,
Navachandra Oli,
Somraj Lamichhane
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of nepal medical association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1815-672X
pISSN - 0028-2715
DOI - 10.31729/jnma.6542
Subject(s) - medicine , encephalocele , presentation (obstetrics) , neural tube , pediatrics , consanguinity , congenital malformations , occipital bone , pregnancy , obstetrics , surgery , skull , embryo , genetics , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
A full-term female baby presented at 24 hours of life at the emergency department with occipital encephalocele, bilateral cleft lip, and cleft palate. She was born to a second gravida mother with no consanguinity between the parents. On examination, encephalocele was 10centimeters x 7centimeters in size with bilateral cleft lip and palate. It presents the opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about a group of congenital neurological disorders in the content of a rare case presentation and highlights the importance of ultrasonography in the antenatal period for the detection of neural tube defects in the early stage for proper counselling and management. A compulsory prenatal diagnosis of the suspected family should be done by the intervention of the public sector of any country so that we can prevent and avoid abnormal birth.