Congenital dermoid cyst of the anterior fontanel in mestizo-mulatto children

Abstract

Ages ranged between 2 months and 6 years. There was a female predominance, and 77.7% of these patients were children of mixed race. Surgical excision resulted in complete cure without complications or recurrences.

Adeloye-odeku disease: an african disease in the indian child?

“…There have reports with both male preponderance (3,7,17,18,19) and female preponderance in large series (8,16). In the present report we had one male and one female child.…”

“…In the present report we had one male and one female child. The size of the lesion has been associated with the age of the patient as a general rule in some reports (18) Histopathology always confirms the diagnosis (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). In both cases the diagnosis was clenched by histopathology.…”

“…The Adeloye-Odeku disease (1) has been described by various terms (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). A pubmed literature review was carried out with the 6 commonest phrases outlined below and a total of 20 reports (of which 2 were epidermoids and were omitted from the review) were identified in literature: dermoid cyst over anterior fontanelle (1,3,10,11,12,16,17,20) (8 reports Congenital inclusion cysts over the anterior fontanel (6,7,14,15,19) (6 reports), Congenital inclusion cyst of the subgaleal space (2,4,5,7,9) (4 reports), congenital bregmatic cysts (bregmatic inclusion cysts / bregmatic dermoid cysts) (one report) (18).…”

“…Encephalocoeles over the anterior fontanelle are extremely rare (1). We have used the eponymous term of "Adeloye-Odeku" disease for this condition to commemorate the original description of this rare disease entity (1,8).…”

“…It was first described by Adeloye and Odeku from Nigeria in 1971 (1) and was considered a disease of African children. Subsequent reports, in various races, have appeared from across the globe (2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20). There are only three documented cases in two reports of Indian origin in the English literature (18,14).…”