Meningocele
☛ Congenital defect in vertebral arches with cystic dilatation of meninges .

Meningomyelocel
☛Congenital defect in vertebral arches with cystic dilatation of meninges and structural or functional abnormality of spinal cord & meninges.

Hydrocephalus ( VP Shunt) : In amount of CSF resulting from disturbance of formation, flow or absorption of CSF thus resulting in enlarged cerebral ventricles. Congenital or acquired. Incidence of congenital hydrocephalous 3/1000 live birth Incidence of acquired – Not known. Normal CSF Circulation CSF is secreted from choroid plexus of ventricles and absorbed by […]

☛ Incidence – 1:2500 ☛ M:F – 2:1 ☛ Lt > Rt  -5:1 Present as a true neonatal emergency requiring rapid resuscitation – correction of metabolic acidosis, fluid deficit, correction of hypothermia & baby prepared for emergency sx. Embryology Failure of closure posterolateral part of diaphragm ( foramen of Bochdalek) or non fusion of anterior […]