Treatment of cranium bifidum occultum of the frontonasal region with a pericranial flap

T Okumoto; Y Iijima; Y Yoshimura

doi:10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.013

Treatment of cranium bifidum occultum of the frontonasal region with a pericranial flap

J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Mar;65(3):e64-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.013. Epub 2011 Nov 25.

Authors

T Okumoto¹, Y Iijima, Y Yoshimura

Affiliation

¹ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Toyoake, Aichi, Japan. otaka@fujita-hu.ac.jp

PMID: 22119376
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.10.013

Abstract

Cranium bifidum is a congenital anomaly caused by abnormal development of the cephalic neural tube. We report two cases of cranium bifidum occultum with defects of both the frontal bone and anterior cranial base accompanied by infection and enlargement of frontonasal dermoid cysts. Surgery successfully interrupted the communication between the intracranial space and nasal cavity by inserting a pericranial flap after removal of the dermoid cysts.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Encephalocele / diagnosis
Encephalocele / surgery*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Nose / surgery*
Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
Surgical Flaps*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed