RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Congenital Subgaleal Cysts over the Anterior Fontanelle in Nigerians
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 95
OP 98
DO 10.1136/adc.46.245.95
VO 46
IS 245
A1 Adeloye, Adelola
A1 Odeku, E. Latunde
YR 1971
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/46/245/95.abstract
AB Eighteen cases of a congenital cystic swelling located over the anterior fontanelle are described in Nigerian patients who were otherwise clinically normal, There was a female: male ratio of 2: 1. Radiologically and at operation, the cysts showed no evidence of intracranial connexion. Excision was curative. Of 14 cases which were histologically verified, all were dermoid cysts except one in which nerve tissue was present suggesting an encephalocele. Air cystography was the most useful diagnostic procedure.