Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài:Acquired craniomeningocele in an infant with craniosynostosis: a case report | El Khashab et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4 104 http content 4 1 104 jA CASE REPORTS CASE REPORT Open Access Acquired craniomeningocele in an infant with craniosynostosis a case report Mostafa El Khashab2 Farideh Nejat 1 Shahrooz Yazdani1 and Nima Baradaran1 Abstract Introduction Craniosynostosis can affect the skull in various ways. The most common forms are abnormal skull shape and beaten copper pattern while Luckenschadel or lacunar skull is one of the least common forms. Case presentation We report the case of a 3-month-old Caucasian boy with multiple suture craniosynostosis and with acquired craniomeningocele presenting as a bulging mass in the lateral occipital area. Conclusion To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a patient with multiple suture craniosynostosis and acquired craniomeningocele. Introduction The incidence of non-syndromic craniosynostosis is approximately to 1 in 10 000 live births. A single suture is most commonly implicated. Syndromic cranio-synostosis with a more generalized pattern is much less common 1 . The majority of patients with craniosynos-tosis have various skull alterations which are severe in syndromic type and are mainly considered to have arisen from compensatory growth of the skull after stenosis of some sutures and high intracranial pressure. Skull deformities and beaten copper pattern are common findings in craniosynostosis. Luckenschadel lacunar skull is rarely observed occuring in approximately 10 of patients with craniosynostosis 2 3 . To the best of our knowledge cranial meningocele has not been reported with cranio-synostosis before. We describe a patient with cranio synostosis with acquired craniomeningocele and hypothesize probable causes for this abnormal presentation. Case presentation A 3-month-old Caucasian boy was referred to our hospital due to abnormal shape of his head and a bulging mass in the left occipital area. The mass had .
