Colpocephaly Diagnosed in a Neurologically Normal Adult in the Emergency Department
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Parker, Christopher; Eilbert, Wesley; Meehan, Timothy; Colbert, Christopher
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Colpocephaly is a form of congenital ventriculomegaly characterized by enlarged occipital horns of the lateral ventricles with associated neurologic abnormalities. The diagnosis of colpocephaly is typically made in infancy. Its diagnosis in adulthood without associated clinical symptoms is exceptionally rare. We report a case of colpocephaly diagnosed incidentally in an adult without neurologic abnormalities in the emergency department. To our knowledge, this is only the ninth reported case in an asymptomatic adult and the first to be described in the emergency medicine literature.
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Date of Publication
2019
Title
Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
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3/4
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Parker, Christopher; Eilbert, Wesley; Meehan, Timothy; Colbert, Christopher