Encephalocele: In this birth defect, a portion of the baby’s brain tissue and membranes protrude in a sac via an abnormal opening in the skull.

Type III has the features of type II with an additional herniation of the entire cerebellum through the bony defect involving the foramen magnum, forming an ENCEPHALOCELE.

She was told her baby was a boy, but she also learned that her son had an encephalocele, which meant part of his brain was growing outside of his skull.

Ollie was born with a rare condition which caused his brain to grow through a crack in his skull into his nose.

Ollie was born with a rare condition called encephalocele that caused his brain to grow through a hole in his skull and into his nose.

She was born with an encephalocele, a rare malformation in which part of her brain protruded through an opening in her skull, according to Dr. Suzanne Roberts, the girl's pediatrician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

She was born with an encephalocele, a rare malformation in which part of her brain protruded through an opening in her skull, according to Dr. Suzanne Roberts, the girl’s pediatrician at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles.