Also known of as cranium bifidum, encephalocele describes a rare defect where a baby’s skull does not close properly during development. Parts of the brain or the membranes that cover it ...

Still in the womb, he was diagnosed with a rare condition called encephalocele, or cranium bifidum, in which parts of the brain protrude outside of gaps that have formed in the developing skull.

Practitioners in Ohio broke the news that the son she was carrying had an encephalocele — also known as cranium bifidum — a condition where parts of the brain protrude through openings in the ...

Sana Hilel, from Aleppo, Syria, had her seventh child, Abdullatif Shekrak, by Caesarean section after cranium bifidum was detected in the womb. Facing death, the baby was quickly transferred to ...

Sana Hilel, from Aleppo, Syria, had her seventh child, Abdullatif Shekrak, by Caesarean section after cranium bifidum was detected in the womb. Facing death, the baby was quickly transferred to ...