Meningohydroencephalocele

MedGen UID:: 903577
•Concept ID:: C4087051
•: Congenital Abnormality

Definition

A congenital neural tube closure defect resulting in protrusion of the brain, the meninges, and the ventricular system through an opening in the skull, usually involving the squamous part of the occipital bone. [from NCI]

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CROGVMeningohydroencephalocele

Congenital Systemic Disorder
- Abnormality of the nervous system
  - Abnormal nervous system morphology
    - Morphological central nervous system abnormality
      - Abnormal neural tube morphology
        Neural tube defect
        Meningohydroencephalocele

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Giant occipital meningohydroencephalocele in an adult: Another historical case in neural tube defects.

Coulibaly O, Sogoba Y, Kanikomo D, Dama M, Camara MA, Diallo O
Neurochirurgie 2016 Aug;62(4):223-5. Epub 2016 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2016.04.002. PMID: 27389765

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Clinical prediction guides

Neurocutaneous melanosis associated with Dandy-Walker malformation and a meningohydroencephalocele. Case report.

Arai M, Nosaka K, Kashihara K, Kaizaki Y
J Neurosurg 2004 May;100(5 Suppl Pediatrics):501-5. doi: 10.3171/ped.2004.100.5.0501. PMID: 15287463

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Meningohydroencephalocele

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Recent clinical studies

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