porencephaly
MONDO:0017410Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names porencephaly yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Porencephaly is characterized by a circumscribed intracerebral cavity of variable size that may be bordered by abnormal polymicrogyric gray matter. In extreme cases, this cavity may result in a communication between the pial surface and the ventricle; this is termed schizencephaly.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0017410), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
8 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormality of movementHPOHP:0100022
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Porencephalic cystHPOHP:0002132
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- SpasticityHPOHP:0001257
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- VentriculomegalyHPOHP:0002119
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Cerebral palsyHPOHP:0100021
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Hemiplegia/hemiparesisHPOHP:0004374
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Intellectual disabilityHPOHP:0001249
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- SeizureHPOHP:0001250
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)