Cephalocele

rare

A congenital neural tube closure defect resulting in the protrusion of the brain through a skull opening. When the protrusion includes the meninges, the term encephalomeningocele is used.

Identifiers: MONDO:0017078 Orphanet:268817
Part of: Congenital nervous system disorder Disorder of development or morphogenesis
Also known as: cephalocele (disease) · cranium bifidum · encephalocele

Subtypes

All diseases Rare only

Disease	ID	Subtypes
Isolated encephalocele	MONDO:0016057	5
Meningoencephalocele	MONDO:0017079

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