Partial thickness autologus calvarial bone orbitocranioplasty for a sphenorbital encephalocele presenting as pulsatile exophthalmos

Adarsh Trivedi; Amrish Kumar Garg; Subodh Hiran

doi:10.4103/1793-5482.144153

Partial thickness autologus calvarial bone orbitocranioplasty for a sphenorbital encephalocele presenting as pulsatile exophthalmos

Asian J Neurosurg. 2015 Apr-Jun;10(2):119-22. doi: 10.4103/1793-5482.144153.

Authors

Adarsh Trivedi¹, Amrish Kumar Garg¹, Subodh Hiran²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.
² Department of ENT, JLN Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai Durg, Chhattisgarh, India.

Abstract

Basal encephalocele accounts only 1.5% of all encephaloceles. But Sphenorbital encephalocele is the rarest cause of herniation of brain into orbit leading to pulsatile exphothalmos. Authors presenting a case of sphenorbital encephalocele in a 16 yrs old girl successsfully managed by orbitcranioplasty by partilal thickness autologus calvarial bone graft.

Keywords: Cranioplasty; pulsatile exophthalmos; spenorbital encephalocele.

Publication types

Case Reports