Early second-trimester sonographic appearance of occipital haemangioma simulating encephalocele |
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| Authors: | M Bronshtein I Bar-Hava Z Blumenfeld MD |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Rambam Medical Center and Technion—Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, 31096, Israel;2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Golda Meir Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Encephalocele is the most common cause of occipital midline extracranial mass associated with hydrocephalus. A case is presented where an occipital extracranial mass associated with hydrocephalus which was detected on second-trimester ultrasound examination turned out to be a haemangioma, a relatively benign lesion. We suggest that haemangioma should be considered in the differential diagnosis of extracranial masses detected prenatally. |
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| Keywords: | Prenatal diagnosis Meningocele Encephalocele Transvaginal sonography Fetal occipital haemangioma |
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