Fetal cephaloceles – prenatal diagnosis and course of pregnancy in 67 consecutive cases

Objective: To the characteristics of all cases with antenatally established diagnosis of encephalocele in two tertiary referral centers. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed 67 cases diagnosed with cephaloceles and tabulated sonographic findings and autopsy recordings as well as medical charts of all survivors in terms of clinical outcome. Results: The case notes of 67 fetuses were available for final analysis. Gestational age (GA) at diagnosis ranged from 10.4 to 38.1 weeks. Of our cohort 52/67 cases (78%) had occipital protrusions, 9 (14%) were found to have frontal lesions and another three had parietal cepha…