What INIENCEPHALY means: Iniencephaly - is a rare birth defect caused by improper closure of the neural tube during fetal development. Iniencephaly is in the same family of neural tube defects as spina bifida, but it is more severe. Diagnosis is made immediately after birth because an infant's head is so severely bent backward that the face looks upward. There is no standard treatment for iniencephaly since most infants rarely live longer than a few hours.
- Definition Infantile Refsum Disease:
- Dictionary Disease - is a disorder characterized by the reduction or absence of peroxisomes in the body and by the accumulation of phytanic acid in blood plasma and tissue. Infantile Refsum disease is one of a iniencephaly.
- Definition Intracranial Cysts:
- Dictionary are cerebrospinal fluid-filled sacs that are located between the brain or spinal cord and the arachnoid membrane, one of the three membranes that cover the brain and spinal cord. Primary arachnoid iniencephaly.
- Definition Intracranial Hypertension:
- Dictionary Hypertension - Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH), sometimes called benign intracranial hypertension (BIH) or pseudotumor cerebri (PTC) is a neurological disorder that is characterized by iniencephaly.
- Definition Infantile Hypotonia:
- Dictionary or severely reduced muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to movement in a muscle), is seen primarily in children. It is not the same as muscle weakness but it can co-exist with muscle iniencephaly.
