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Sonographic examination showing a regularly shaped, midline, facial cystic mass.
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The ultrasound showed a single viable fetus with a regularly shaped, heterogenic, midline, facial cystic mass with no vascular supply (Figure 1).
Prenatal MRI showing a small round midline lesion with herniation of brain parenchyma (arrow).
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A definite herniation of brain parenchyma was detected in the study (Figures 2 and 3).
Prenatal MRI showing a well-defined osseous defect in the underlying calvarium (arrow).
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A definite herniation of brain parenchyma was detected in the study (Figures 2 and 3).
Fetal macroscopic examination showing the sincipital encephalocele.
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The expulsion of the fetus was obtained within 24 hours and the pathological examination of the fetus at autopsy revealed a 650-gram male fetus with a sincipital encephalocele and a frontal bone defect (Figures 4(a) and 4(b)).