Prenatal diagnosis of frontal encephalocele

A 28-year-old G II P II patient was referred to our materno-fetal medicine department, after routine dating ultrasound, revealing protrusion of a cerebral mass through a bony defect of skull. The patient had no prenatal care prior to this time and was 20 weeks of gestational by dates. The family history was negative for congenital anomalies or genetic abnormalities and the patient denied exposure to drugs or toxins. Our ultrasound examination revealed a single fetus with femur length measurement adequate with 20 weeks gestational age. The diagnosis of encephalocele was easy because a large paracranial mass was s…