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Tip of an iceberg: skull fracture as an adult presentation of encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis

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posted on 2024-06-04, 07:08 authored by S Culleton, CD Barras, Hamed AsadiHamed Asadi, S Looby, P Brennan, HK Kok
The severity of seizures presenting to the emergency department ranges from benign to life threatening. There are also a wide number of possible etiologies. Computed tomography (CT) emergency imaging may be required at presentation to elucidate a possible cause and assess signs of intracranial trauma. This case describes a serious seizure episode in a young man while on holiday. A CT brain showed a skull fracture as a consequence of seizure-related head trauma but unexpectedly there were image findings consistent with encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis. The important radiological features of encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis and a differential diagnosis are presented.

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Journal

Case reports in neurological medicine

Volume

2016

Article number

3292654

Pagination

1-4

Location

Cairo, Egypt

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  • Yes

ISSN

2090-6668

Language

eng

Publication classification

C2 Other contribution to refereed journal

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2016, Sinead Culleton et al.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

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