MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Encephalocele
Tree Number(s): C10.500.680.488; C16.131.666.680.488; C23.300.707.186
Unique ID: D004677
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004677
Annotation: meningoencephalocele: coordinate IM with MENINGOCELE (IM)
Scope Note: Brain tissue herniation through a congenital or acquired defect in the skull. The majority of congenital encephaloceles occur in the occipital or frontal regions. Clinical features include a protuberant mass that may be pulsatile. The quantity and location of protruding neural tissue determines the type and degree of neurologic deficit. Visual defects, psychomotor developmental delay, and persistent motor deficits frequently occur.
Entry Term(s): Acquired Encephalocele; Bifid Cranium; Cephalocele; Cerebellar Hernia; Cerebellar Herniation; Cranial Meningoencephalocele; Craniocele; Cranium Bifidum; Encephalocele, Acquired; Encephalocele, Frontal; Encephalocele, Occipital; Encephalocele, Sincipital; Frontal Encephalocele; Hernia, Cerebral; Notoencephalocele; Occipital Encephalocele; Sincipital Encephalocele; Tonsillar Hernia; Tonsillar Herniation
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Concept UI: M0007366
Scope Note: Brain tissue herniation through a congenital or acquired defect in the skull. The majority of congenital encephaloceles occur in the occipital or frontal regions. Clinical features include a protuberant mass that may be pulsatile. The quantity and location of protruding neural tissue determines the type and degree of neurologic deficit. Visual defects, psychomotor developmental delay, and persistent motor deficits frequently occur.
Terms: Encephalocele Preferred Term
Term UI T014331
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cephalocele
Term UI T727186
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cranial Meningoencephalocele
Term UI T727187
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Bifid Cranium
Term UI T727185
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Cranium Bifidum
Term UI T727189
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID; Hernia, Cerebral
Term UI T014332
Date03/30/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Craniocele
Term UI T727188
Date09/25/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID

Concept UI: M0519224
Terms: Cerebellar Herniation Preferred Term
Term UI T719356
Date05/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Cerebellar Hernia
Term UI T716008
Date03/10/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Tonsillar Hernia
Term UI T716009
Date03/10/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009); Tonsillar Herniation
Term UI T719357
Date05/06/2008
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2009)

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