%0 Journal Article
%T Bone Defect of the Cranial Vault: Difficulty of the Diagnostic about a Case, and Revew of Literature
%A Broalet Maman You Esp¨Śrance
%A Konan Landry
%A Moulot Martial Olivier
%A Esso Didier
%A Bankole Sanni
%J Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery
%P 33-40
%@ 2163-0585
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojmn.2023.131005
%X The bone defects of the cranial vault encompasse</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">d</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> rare malformations inclu</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">ding acalvaria, hypocalvaria,</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">acrania,
hypocrania, anencephaly and exencephaly. They are also described in some pathological
entities such as aplasia cutis congenita of the scalp.</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\">We report
an unusual case of cephalic malformation which combine defects of the skin, the
dura mater, and the bones of the vault, with a malformation of the central nervous
system. This unique case emphasizes a problem of nosological definition between
the terms mentioned above. acalvaria, the acrania, the hypocalvaria and the aplasia
cutis congenita. Thus, herein, we proceed to a literature review of bone defects
of the skull and their differential diagnosis.
%K Cranial Vault Defects
%K Acalvaria
%K Hypocalvaria
%K Aplasia Cutis Congenita
%K Congenital Malformation
%K Diagnosis
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122647