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Table 1 Adult patients presenting with some anomalies

From: Basal encephalocele in an adult patient presenting with minor anomalies: a case report

 

Author

Age

Sex

Side

Type of basal encephalocele

Spontaneous CSF rhinorrhea

Meningitis

Ophthalmologic abnormalities

Midfacial anomalies

Other abnormalities

Operation

1

Bullard et al . (1981)[4]

24

M

Lt

Transethmoidal

+

+

Lt-dysplastic coloboma (optic disc dysplasia)

-

-

TC

2

Yamashita et al . (1985)[9]

53

M

Rt

Transethmoidal

+

+

Rt-optic disc atrophy

-

-

TC

3

Kitahara et al . (1988)[6]

33

M

Lt

Transethmoidal

+

-

-

-

Cerebral palsy

TC

4

Kubo et al . (2005)[1]

69

F

Lt

Transethmoidal

-

-

-

-

Multiple angioma in lip and orbit

TC

5

Hasegawa et al . (2007)[5]

22

F

Rt

Transsphenoidal

+

+

Rt-optic disc atrophy

-

Rt-ICA occlusion, scleroderma in the right forehead

TC, encephalo-arterio-synangiosis at age 6 years

6

Sasani et al . (2009)[8]

26

M

Rt

Transsphenoidal

+

-

R-optic disk anomaly (morning glory syndrome), rt-strabismus

-

-

Endoscopic endonasal

7

Present case

66

M

Rt

Transethmoidal

+

+

Rt-strabismus

Hypertelorism

-

TC

  1. Abbreviations: CSF; cerebrospinal fluid; F, female; ICA, internal carotid artery; Lt, left; M, male; Rt, right; TC, transcranial approach was performed for repair of the liquorrhea.