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Congenital Occipital Encephalocoele- technically challenging

SUKIRTI CHAUHAN

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Introduction Neural tube defects in the brain  present as encephalocoeles. It is basically a developmental defect where the developing brain and meninges covering the brain and spinal cord are suppose to close ideally but do not do so leading to their outpouching .. Occipital                       encephalocoeles herniate through a skull defect between the lambda and the foramen magnum.

 


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