National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Encephalomeningocele

Synonyms

MENINGOENCEPHALOCELE

Encephalomeningocele

Meningoencephalocele

Definitions

A congenital neural tube closure defect resulting in the protrusion of the brain and meninges through a skull opening.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C124557

ALT_DEFINITION

Herniation of brain and meninges through a cranial opening. (Makris S, Solomon HM, Clark R, Shiota K, Barbellion S, Buschmann J, Ema M, Fujiwara M, Grote K, Hazelden KP, Hew KW, Horimoto M, Ooshima Y, Parkinson M, Wise LD. Terminology of developmental abnormalities in common laboratory mammals (Version 2). Part B. Birth Defects Res B Dev Reprod Toxicol. 2009 Aug;86(4):227-327.)

code

C124557

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C124310

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C77526

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C61410

Contributing_Source

CDISC

DEFINITION

A congenital neural tube closure defect resulting in the protrusion of the brain and meninges through a skull opening.

FULL_SYN

MENINGOENCEPHALOCELE

Encephalomeningocele

Meningoencephalocele

label

Encephalomeningocele

Preferred_Name

Encephalomeningocele

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C124557

Semantic_Type

Disease or Syndrome

UMLS_CUI

C0266456

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C97172

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