1. A case report of confusing meningoencephalocele
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Rita Cognigni, Susanna Di Valerio, Silvia Carinci, Valentina Chiavaroli, Marika Perrotta, Giorgia Gasparroni, Laura Sabatini, Angelika Mohn, Marianna Sebastiani, Teresa Topazio, and Luca Massimi
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Medicine (General) ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,meningoencephalocele ,Neural tube ,Case Report ,General Medicine ,Case Reports ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,03 medical and health sciences ,Skull ,scalp swelling ,R5-920 ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,newborn ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Medicine ,Radiology ,encephaloceles ,business - Abstract
The clinical approach plays a pivotal role in neonates with evidence of a skull mass, together with the need of monitoring unclear cases. Indeed, apparently transient alterations of the skull may be neural tube defects, which need prompt treatment.
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- 2020