encephalomeningocele /en·ceph·a·lo·me·nin·go·cele/ (-mĕ-ning´go-sēl) encephalocele.
encephalomeningocele.
encephalocele [en-sef´ah-lo-sēl″]
en·ceph·a·lo·me·nin·go·cele ( n-sf  -l -m-n ngg-s l)n. See meningoencephalocele. |
encephalomeningocele.
See meningoencephalocele.
encephalocele [en-sef´ah-lo-sēl″]
hernial protrusion of brain substance and meninges through a congenital or traumatic opening of the skull.
occipital encephalocele an encephalocele in the occipital region, the most common kind seen in the Western Hemisphere.
A baby with a large occipital encephalocele. From Mueller and Young, 2001.
encephalomeningocele
meningocephalocele; protrusion of the brain and meninges through a defect in the skull.
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