Department of Interventional Neuroradiology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo SP, Brazil: MD, PhD; MD; MD, PhD, Director and Chairman. Arteriovenous malformation of the vein of Galen (AMVG) is a rare congenital intracranial vascular malformation, which results in fistulous connections between primitive choroidal arteries and the median vein of the prosencephalon (MVP) of Ma...

A myelomeningocele associated with the ArnoldChiari malformation is now one of the commonest neonatal surgical emergencies. Hydrocephalus used to be the main cause of death in these infants during the first year of life, but since the advent of ventriculo-atrial shunting procedures the mortality and morbidity have improved. However, the management of the hydrocephalus still remains a serious pr...

To cite: Losa I, Owoeye A. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2015-212852 DESCRIPTION A fetal anomaly scan at 13 weeks gestation showed cystic hygroma and amnion separation. Further scans at 19 weeks revealed a ‘strawberry-shaped skull’ (figure 1). Additional findings were increased nuchal translucency, ventriculomegaly and polyhydramnios. These were...

TIn the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube [4] defects (NTD). A neural tube [4] defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body features associated with the brain and spinal cord. An NTD originates from and is characterized by incomplete closure of the neural tube [4], which is an organizer [5] and precursor of the central nervous system [6]. In humans [7], incomplete...

TIn the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube [4] defects (NTD). A neural tube [4] defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body features associated with the brain and spinal cord. An NTD originates from and is characterized by incomplete closure of the neural tube [4], which is an organizer [5] and precursor of the central nervous system [6]. In humans [7], incomplete...

TIn the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube [4] defects (NTD). A neural tube [4] defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body features associated with the brain and spinal cord. An NTD originates from and is characterized by incomplete closure of the neural tube [4], which is an organizer [5] and precursor of the central nervous system [6]. In humans [7], incomplete...

The neurosurgical treatment of skull base temporal encephalocele for patients with epilepsy is variable. We describe two adult cases of temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) with spheno-temporal encephalocele, currently seizure-free for more than two years after anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL) and lesionectomy sparing the hippocampus without long-term intracranial electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring...

TIn the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube [4] defects (NTD). A neural tube [4] defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body features associated with the brain and spinal cord. An NTD originates from and is characterized by incomplete closure of the neural tube [4], which is an organizer [5] and precursor of the central nervous system [6]. In humans [7], incomplete...

Craniosynostosis is a congenital malformation of the infant skull typically treated via corrective surgery. To accurately quantify the extent of deformation and identify the optimal correction strategy, the patient-specific skull model extracted from a pre-surgical computed tomography (CT) image needs to be registered to an atlas of head CT images representative of normal subjects. Here, the au...

Klippel-Feil syndrome is a congenital malformation, the leading component of which violation segmentation cervical vertebral bodies. The can be combined with other skeletal anomalies: skull asymmetry, scoliosis, high shoulder blades, and ribs. Treatment usually symptomatic; indications for surgical treatment are progressive neurological disorders persistent pain syndrome, develop due to instabi...