%0 Case Reports
%T Encephalocele as a complication post-craniosynostosis surgery.
%A Talahma I
%A Abuzneid YS
%A Ismail A
%A Alqam L
%A Mufreh A
%A Shama'a BA
%J J Surg Case Rep
%V 2024
%N 7
%D 2024 Jul
%M 38993814
暂无%R 10.1093/jscr/rjae442
%X Duraplasty is one of the most common neurosurgical procedures which complications include iatrogenic pseudomeningocele, which is common, but ossification of pseudomeningocele following cranial surgery is a rare event. We present a case of a 2-year-old male patient who came to our hospital with a huge bulge in his head and weakness in the right arm and leg. He had a history of sagittal craniosynostosis with a postoperative cranioplasty complication of left parital pseudomeningocele. He underwent a duraplasty, but the bulge recurred with failed cerebrospinal fluid aspiration and external ventricular drain, changing in size periodically. Computed tomography showed that the bulge was a median and left paramedian parital encephalocele, so encephalocele with ossification was diagnosed and a cranioplasty was done. This case highlights that iatrogenic encephaloceles with ossification can develop after duraplasty repair in the parital region. Also, if a postoperative pseudomeningocele changes in size or consistency, clinicians should look for ossification.