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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathological Conditions, Anatomical > Hernia > Encephalocele
Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Neural Tube Defects > Encephalocele
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Neural Tube Defects > Encephalocele

Preferred term

Encephalocele  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Bifid Cranium
  • Bifid Craniums
  • Bifidum, Cranium
  • Bifidums, Cranium
  • Cephalocele
  • Cephaloceles
  • Cerebral Hernia
  • Cerebral Hernias
  • Cranial Meningoencephalocele
  • Cranial Meningoencephaloceles
  • Craniocele
  • Cranioceles
  • Cranium, Bifid
  • Cranium Bifidum
  • Cranium Bifidums
  • Craniums, Bifid
  • Hernia, Cerebral
  • Hernias, Cerebral
  • Meningoencephalocele, Cranial
  • Meningoencephaloceles, Cranial

Note

  • meningoencephalocele: coordinate IM with MENINGOCELE (IM)

Scope note

  • Brain tissue herniation through a congenital or acquired defect in the skull. The majority of congenital encephaloceles occur in the occipital or frontal regions. Clinical features include a protuberant mass that may be pulsatile. The quantity and location of protruding neural tissue determines the type and degree of neurologic deficit. Visual defects, psychomotor developmental delay, and persistent motor deficits frequently occur.

In other languages

  • enkefaloseele

    Finnish

  • aivojen pullistuma
  • aivotyrä
  • encephalocele
  • encephalocele non specificata
  • määrittämätön enkefaloseele
  • Hjärnbråck

    Swedish

  • Cerebral herniering
  • Cerebral inklämning
  • Encefalocele
  • Förvärvad encefalocele
  • Kraniocele

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004677

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