Megalencephaly sentence example
megalencephaly
- The most common causes for an enlarged head are megalencephaly, or an enlarged brain, and hydrocephalus, or excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain.
- When macrocephaly is a result of megalencephaly, it is often impossible to determine the cause.
- Excessive brain size is termed megalencephaly (literally "big brain").
- Megalencephaly is defined as any brain size above the 98th percentile within the population.