Dural sinus filling defect: Intrasigmoid encephalocele

KARATAĞ O., Cosar M., Kizildag B., Sen H. M.

BMJ Case Reports, 2013 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
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  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1136/bcr-2013-201616
  • Journal Name: BMJ Case Reports
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Filling defects of dural venous sinuses are considered to be a challenging problem especially in case of symptomatic patients. Many lesions have to be ruled out such as sinus thrombosis, arachnoid granulations and tumours. Encephalocele into dural sinus is also a rare cause of these filling defects of dural sinuses. Here, we report an extremely rare case with spontaneous occult invagination of temporal brain tissue into the left sigmoid sinus and accompanying cerebellar ectopia.