Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
3. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Author & Year | Age/Sex | Location | Congenital/Acquired | Treatment | Outcome |
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Scully et al., 1989 | 63/female | Left | Congenital | Encephalocele resection | Seizure free |
Guettat et al., 1998 | 32/female | Right | Acquired | n/a | n/a |
Eichler et al., 2005 | 55/female | Right | Acquired | Medication | Seizure free |
Mandl et al., 2007 | 43/female | Bilateral | Acquired | Encephalocele resection | Seizure free |
Morley et al., 2008 | 48/female | Right | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Faulkner et al., 2010 | 32/female | Right | n/a | Encephalocele resection | Seizure free |
Ammar et al., 2012 | 38/female | Right | n/a | Encephalocele resection | Seizure free |
Busic et al., 2015 | 57/female | Right | n/a | Encephalocele resection | Seizure free |
Present case | 44/female | Right | Acquired |
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Yamazaki, K.; Kanaya, K.; Uda, T.; Fukuyama, T.; Nishioka, M.; Hoshino, Y.; Kaneko, T.; Hardian, R.F.; Yamazaki, D.; Kuwabara, H.; et al. Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Brain Sci. 2023, 13, 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010115
Yamazaki K, Kanaya K, Uda T, Fukuyama T, Nishioka M, Hoshino Y, Kaneko T, Hardian RF, Yamazaki D, Kuwabara H, et al. Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Brain Sciences. 2023; 13(1):115. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010115
Chicago/Turabian StyleYamazaki, Ken, Kohei Kanaya, Takehiro Uda, Tetsuhiro Fukuyama, Makoto Nishioka, Yumi Hoshino, Tomoki Kaneko, Ridzky Firmansyah Hardian, Daisuke Yamazaki, Haruki Kuwabara, and et al. 2023. "Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature" Brain Sciences 13, no. 1: 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010115
APA StyleYamazaki, K., Kanaya, K., Uda, T., Fukuyama, T., Nishioka, M., Hoshino, Y., Kaneko, T., Hardian, R. F., Yamazaki, D., Kuwabara, H., Funato, K., & Horiuchi, T. (2023). Frontal Encephalocele Plus Epilepsy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Brain Sciences, 13(1), 115. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci13010115