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Prenatal diagnosis of an epidermal scalp cyst simulating an encephalocoele

✍ Scribed by Shohreh Shahabi; Alain Busine

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Weight: 239 KB
Volume: 18
Category: Article
ISSN: 0197-3851
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199804)18:4<373::aid-pd254>3.0.co;2-6

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✦ Synopsis

The majority of extracranial masses detected by prenatal ultrasound screening are encephalocoeles. Several recent publications have drawn attention to extracranial masses which resemble encephalocoeles. The uncertainty in these situations can result in the unnecessary termination of a pregnancy. We report a case of an epidermal cyst of the scalp presenting as an encephalocoele at a routine second-trimester ultrasound scan.