LA01
category
Cephalocele
Definition
A condition caused by failure of the skull to correctly close during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by herniation of the meninges. This condition may present with herniation of brain, or developmental delay. Confirmation is through observation of herniated meninges by imaging.
Also indexed as
Basal encephaloceleCephaloceleCranial meningoceleCranioceleCranium bifidumEncephaloceleFrontal encephaloceleFronto-ethmoidal encephaloceleHydroencephaloceleNasal encephaloceleNasopharyngeal encephaloceleOccipital encephaloceleOrbital encephaloceleParietal encephalocelecerebral meningocelecranial hydromeningoceleencephalomyelocelehydroencephalomeningocelemeningoencephalocelenasofrontal encephaloceleoccipital meningocele
Nearby in Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA00Anencephaly or similar anomaliesLA02Spina bifidaLA03Arnold-Chiari malformation type IILA04Congenital hydrocephalusLA05Cerebral structural developmental anomaliesLA06Cerebellar structural developmental anomaliesLA07Structural developmental anomalies of the neurenteric canal, spinal cord or vertebral column4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system