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Occipital region scalp swelling

CECT Brain Findings

  • A small heterogeneous lesion showing enhancement, fluid attenuation in occipital region scalp communicating with intracranial space through a small midline occipital bone defect
  • Vertically oriented straight sinus with prominent superior cerebellar cistern

Diagnosis

Atretic cephalocele

Further reads

Lewis H, Tuite GF, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Baron F, Towbin RB, Towbin AJ, Neville Kucera J Atretic cephalocele: Prenatal and postnatal imaging features Appl Radiol. 2017;46(8):36-39

Case Courtesy

Case Courtesy

Dr KV Prasad Reddy
MD FRCR DNB
Director, Vistarad.

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