CONGENITAL AND HEREDITARY DISEASES

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Spina bifida

is a condition in which the bony neural arch that encloses and protects the spinal cord is not completely closed.

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myelocele

is a protrusion of the spinal cord, minus its meningeal coverings, which may also be treatable surgically.

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meningomyelocele

is the most common and most serious of possible conditions, affecting approximately one in every 800 infants and consisting of a protrusion of both the meninges and the spinal cord into the skin of the back

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Hydrocephalus

Refers to an excessive accumulation of CSF within the ventricles and can be either congenital or acquired.

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noncommunicating hydrocephalus

, an obstruction may occur congenitally or result from tumor growth, trauma (hemorrhage), or inflammation. It interferes with or blocks normal CSF circulation from the ventricles to the subarachnoid space.

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communicating hydrocephalus.

Poor reabsorption of CSF by arachnoid villi results in …..