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Nervous System Diseases > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I > Megalencephaly
... > Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Nervous System Malformations > Malformations of Cortical Development > Malformations of Cortical Development, Group I > Megalencephaly
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Craniofacial Abnormalities > Megalencephaly
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Musculoskeletal Abnormalities > Craniofacial Abnormalities > Megalencephaly

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Megalencephaly  

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Entry terms

  • Macrocephalies
  • Macrocephaly
  • Megacephalies
  • Megacephaly
  • Megalocephalies
  • Megalocephaly

Scope note

  • A congenital abnormality in which the occipitofrontal circumference is greater than two standard deviations above the mean for a given age. It is associated with HYDROCEPHALUS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; ARACHNOID CYSTS; or is part of a genetic condition (e.g., ALEXANDER DISEASE; SOTOS SYNDROME).

History note

  • 2011; use Macrocephaly 2011-2014, Megalencephaly was under Macrocephaly 2011-2014

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058627

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