Publication: Occipital Encephalocele with Multiple Birth Defects: A Case Report
Date
2021
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Publisher
Nepal Medical Association
Abstract
Abstract:
A full-term female baby presented at 24 hours of life at the emergency department with occipital encephalocele, bilateral cleft lip, and cleft palate. She was born to a second gravida mother with no consanguinity between the parents. On examination, encephalocele was 10centimeters x 7centimeters in size with bilateral cleft lip and palate. It presents the opportunity for healthcare professionals to learn about a group of congenital neurological disorders in the content of a rare case presentation and highlights the importance of ultrasonography in the antenatal period for the detection of neural tube defects in the early stage for proper counselling and management. A compulsory prenatal diagnosis of the suspected family should be done by the intervention of the public sector of any country so that we can prevent and avoid abnormal birth.
Description
Bikash Pyakhurel
Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
Anita Lamichhane
Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
Bikash Bhandari
Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
Navachandra Oli
Department of Pediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
Somraj Lamichhane
Department of Neurosurgery, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal
Keywords
birth defects, cleft lip, cleft palate, encephalocele