Atretic occipital cephalocele

What it means

A congenital defect in the occipital region of the skull, covered by skin of the scalp and containing meninges or remnants of glial or neural tissues.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category