cephalocele
MONDO:0017078Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cephalocele yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017078), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: cephalocele
- Also called
- cephalocele (disease)cranium bifidumencephalocele