Zakary Riegel was born with an encephalocele, a rare birth defect that left him with a sac covering his face. ... More testing and a fetal MRI revealed a much more serious diagnosis: ...

Encephalocele is a birth defect where a sac like protrusion of brain and covering membranes occurs through the abnormal gap in between the ... Fetal MRI can also help to detect encephalocele.

In one similar case, this lesion was pathologically confirmed and seen to be a cystic intraorbital encephalocele. Because of the MRI similar to our patient's orbital cyst, we believe this also ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Mandal, Ananya. (2023, May 18). Encephalocele / Cranium Bifidum.