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Spontaneous temporal encephaloceles masked by dual pathology: report of two cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Vinidh Paleri
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK.
Carl Watson
Affiliation:
From the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Darlington, UK.

Abstract

Spontaneous temporal meningoencephaloceles are rare entities and diagnostic difficulties can occur. We present two cases whose presentation was atypical and diagnosis delayed by the presence of dual pathology.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2001

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