"Megalencephaly" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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A congenital abnormality in which the occipitofrontal circumference is greater than two standard deviations above the mean for a given age. It is associated with HYDROCEPHALUS; SUBDURAL EFFUSION; ARACHNOID CYSTS; or is part of a genetic condition (e.g., ALEXANDER DISEASE; SOTOS SYNDROME).
| Descriptor ID |
D058627
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C05.660.207.536 C10.500.507.400.249 C16.131.621.207.532 C16.131.666.507.400.249
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| Concept/Terms |
Megalencephaly- Megalencephaly
- Megalencephalies
- Megalocephaly
- Megalocephalies
- Macrocephaly
- Macrocephalies
- Megacephaly
- Megacephalies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Megalencephaly" by people in Profiles.
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Rohde JF, Campbell J, Barbera J, Taylor E, Ramachandra A, Gegg C, Scherer A, Piatt J. Clinical factors associated with need for neurosurgical care in young children with imaging for macrocephaly: a case control study. BMC Pediatr. 2023 11 04; 23(1):555.
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Tucker J, Choudhary AK, Piatt J. Macrocephaly in infancy: benign enlargement of the subarachnoid spaces and subdural collections. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Jul; 18(1):16-20.
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Bardsley MZ, Kowal K, Levy C, Gosek A, Ayari N, Tartaglia N, Lahlou N, Winder B, Grimes S, Ross JL. 47,XYY syndrome: clinical phenotype and timing of ascertainment. J Pediatr. 2013 Oct; 163(4):1085-94.
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Gripp KW, Hopkins E, Serrano A, Leonard NJ, Stabley DL, Sol-Church K. Transmission of the rare HRAS mutation (c. 173C > T; p.T58I) further illustrates its attenuated phenotype. Am J Med Genet A. 2012 May; 158A(5):1095-101.