Colpocephaly

Definition

A condition caused by the white matter in the posterior cerebrum failing to develop or thicken during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by the occipital horns – the posterior or rear portion of the lateral ventricles (cavities) of the brain – being larger than normal.

Exclusions

• Porencephaly (LA05.60)
• stenosis of interventricular foramen (ME93)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Cerebral structural developmental anomalies

• LA05.0Microcephaly
• LA05.1Megalencephaly
• LA05.2Holoprosencephaly
• LA05.3Corpus callosum agenesis
• LA05.4Arrhinencephaly
• LA05.5Abnormal neuronal migration
• LA05.6Encephaloclastic disorders
• LA05.7Brain cystic malformations