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Microcephaly (from Neo-Latin microcephalia, from Ancient Greek μικρός mikrós "small" and κεφαλή kephalé "head" [2]) is a medical condition involving a smaller-than-normal head. [3] Microcephaly may be present at birth or it may develop in the first few years of life. [3]
Microcephaly can manifest due to a variety of reasons, these include: TORCH infections, chromosomal and biochemical abnormalities and can be transmitted as an autosomal recessive, dominant or X-linked disorder. [12] It is most commonly caused by congenital infections due to viruses such as cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus and Zika virus. [15]
Spastic tetraplegia, thin corpus callosum, and progressive microcephaly (often referred to by its acronym SPATCCM) is a rare autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in the SLC1A4 gene encoding the ASCT1 protein.
Seckel syndrome, or microcephalic primordial dwarfism (also known as bird-headed dwarfism, Harper's syndrome, Virchow–Seckel dwarfism and bird-headed dwarf of Seckel [1]) is an extremely rare congenital nanosomic disorder. Inheritance is autosomal recessive. [2]
Microcephaly [123] Mucolipidosis type II: Trigonocephaly [124] Muenke syndrome: Coronal Brachycephaly, plagiocephaly Macrocephaly [125] Multiple congenital anomalies-neurodevelopmental syndrome, X-linked Metopic Macrocephaly or microcephaly [126]
This is a shortened version of the fourteenth chapter of the ICD-9: Congenital Anomalies. It covers ICD codes 740 to 759 . The full chapter can be found on pages 417 to 437 of Volume 1, which contains all (sub)categories of the ICD-9.
Congenital adrenal hyperplasia ... Microcephaly; Micromelia; Microtia; ... List of ICD-9 codes 740–759: congenital anomalies; Rare disease
Infantile cerebral and cerebellar atrophy with postnatal progressive microcephaly is a rare hereditary autosomal recessive malformation syndrome of the central nervous system characterized by profound motor delays and intellectual disabilities, progressive microcephaly, hypertonia, spasticity, clonus and epilepsy. MRI findings include severe ...