Article Title: Encephalocele. Author: Mohammad Al Jamal. Editor: Aseel Rabadi, Sadeen Eid. Reviewer: Ethar Hazaimeh. Keywords: Cerebrospinal fluid, Congenital brain abnormality, Neural tube defect, Occipital encephalocele. Overview Encephalocele is a type of congenital neural tube defect (NTD) in which a sac containing the brain, meninges, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) forms outside the skull due to a defect in the bone. Trauma, tumors, or iatrogenic injury can all cause acquired encephaloceles. (1) Depending on the intracranial content protruding through the skull opening, encephalocele defects are divided into four types: meningoencephaloceles (herniations of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), brain tissue, and meninges); meningoceles (herniations […]