A case of temporal encephalocele

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Letters to the editor

9 Springer-Verlag 1990

Child's Nerv Syst (1990) 6:185

Selective posterior rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity

A case of temporal encephalocele Juan E Martinez-Lage

Rick Abbott

Hospital "Virgen de Arrixaca", E-30120 Murcia, Spain

Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA

Received March 5, 1990

Received March 22, 1990

Reference

Sir: I read with great interest the article, "An unusual case of temporal encephalocele", by Tranmer et al. [5]. I think it would be appropriate to make some comments, with your kind permission. Temporal encephaloceles are indeed very rare congenital anomalies, originating at the pterion in most cases [1, 3]. Nevertheless, instances of temporal meningoencephaloceles originating in the temporal region, but at the posterolateral fontanel have also been described. I refer to our manuscript published in ~982 [2], and to another case that appeared approximately at the same time in the Handbook of Neuropediatrics edited by I. Pascual-Castroviejo [4]. Secondly, I would like to make a remark about the nationality of cases reported by Arseni and Horvath [1]. They were treated in Romania and not in Hungary, as stated by Tranmer et al. [5].

1. Abbott R, Forem SL, Johann M (1989) Selective posterior rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity: a review. Child's Nerv Syst 5:337-346

References

Sir:

It has come to my attention that there was a typographical error in my article, "Selective posterior rhizotomy for the treatment of spasticity: a review" [1]. In this article, Table 2 cites an incidence of bladder dysfunction of 11% to Dr. Peacock. This space should have been left blank. In fact, there is no mention of bladder complications in either of Dr. Peacock's articles cited in this review. I would like to apologize to Dr. Peacock for this incorrect citation and hope that it has caused him no inconvenience.

1. Arseni C, Horvath L (1971) Meningoencephalocele of the pterion. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 25:231-240 2. Martinez-Lage JF, Gonzalez-Tortosa J, PozaM (1982) Meningocele of the asterion. Child's Brain 9:53-59 3. Nagulich I, Borne G, Georgevich Z (1967) Temporal meningocele. J Neurosurg 27:433-440 4. Pascual-Castroviejo I (1983) Encefalomeningoceles. In: PascualCastroviejo I (ed) Neurologia infantil. Cientifico-M6dica, Barcelona, pp 188 190 5. Tranmer BI, Singh S, Ketch L (1989) An unusual case of temporal encephalocele. Child's Nerv Syst 5:371-373