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cerebrospinal malformations

central nervous system malformations, malformations of the central nervous system, malformations of the CNS, CNS malformations

Types

- neural tube defects
- fetal hydrocephaly (congenital hydrocephaly)
- anomalies of neuronal proliferation
- anomalies of neuronal migration
- prosencephalon growth failure
- malformations of the midline structures
- fetal cerebrospinal cysts
- cerebellar malformations
- cerebrospinal vascular malformations
- spinal cord malformations

Types

- isolated CNS malformations
- associated CNS malformations

  • syndromic CNS malformations

Localization

- cerebral malformations
- cerebellar malformations
- brainstem malformations
- spinal malformations

See also

- Malformations

P.S.


- The Atlas of Syndromic CNS Malformations , by Alex R. Paciorkowski, M.D.