Antenatal sonographic appearance of a large orbital encephalocele: A case report and differential diagnosis of orbital cystic mass
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Ahmed Ahmed MD, MSc, RDMS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Correspondence to: A. AhmedSearch for more papers by this authorRehab Noureldin MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Gendy MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Search for more papers by this authorSharif Sakr MD, MSc
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive sciences Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Search for more papers by this authorMahmoud Abdel Naby MD, MSc, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Search for more papers by this authorCorresponding Author
Ahmed Ahmed MD, MSc, RDMS
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Correspondence to: A. AhmedSearch for more papers by this authorRehab Noureldin MD, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Search for more papers by this authorMohamed Gendy MD
Department of Ophthalmology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Search for more papers by this authorSharif Sakr MD, MSc
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive sciences Yale University, School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Search for more papers by this authorMahmoud Abdel Naby MD, MSc, PhD
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Orbital meningoceles and encephaloceles are rare extracranial extensions of the brain and meninges with or without direct communication between the central nervous system and the abnormal mass. We reported a rare case of large fetal orbital encephalocele; the diagnosis was suspected initially by prenatal ultrasound and confirmed by postnatal MRI and CT scans. The differential diagnosis of an intrauterine fetal cystic orbital mass includes orbital teratoma, epidermoid inclusion cysts, hemangioma or lymphangioma, congenital cystic eye, dacryocystocele, and orbital cephalocele. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 41:327–331, 2013
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