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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