raremaprare-disease reference indexOrphadata 2026-06-23 · HPO 2026-09-01
ORPHA:93969

Open spinal dysraphism with a myelomeningocele

Synonyms: MMC · Myelomeningocele

Type
Morphological anomaly
Group
Disorder
Inheritance
Multigenic/multifactorial, Not applicable
Age of onset
Infancy, Neonatal
Status
active

A rare form of spina bifida cystica (saccular, open neural tube defect (NTD)) characterized by a non-neurulated spinal cord (neural placode) on the surface of the cystic extension of dysplastic meninges (non-epidermised posterior meningocele). The spinal cord extends through a spina bifida (posterior vertebral defect) with typically everted or parallel laminae. Nerve roots are connected to the borders of the neural placode and are visible inside the sac. Myelomeningocele is characteristically associated with a Chiari II malformation. It can be either isolated or associated with split cord malformation.

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Names in Orphadata languages

12 of 12 languages
LangNameSynonyms
enOpen spinal dysraphism with a myelomeningoceleMMC · Myelomeningocele
frDysraphisme spinal ouvert associé à une myéloméningocèleMMC · Myéloméningocèle
deOffene spinale Dysraphie mit MyelomeningozeleMMC · Myelomeningozele
esDisrafismo espinal abierto con mielomeningoceleMMC · Mielomeningocele
itDisrafismo spinale aperto con mielomeningoceleMMC · Mielomeningocele
nlOpen spinale dysrafie met myelomeningocele= en
ptDisrafismo medular aberto com mielomeningoceloMMC · Mielomeningocelo
plPrzepuklina oponowo-rdzeniowaOtwarta wada dysraficzna kręgosłupa z przepukliną oponowo-rdzeniową
csMeningomyelokéla= en
ukВідкрита спінальна дизрафія з мієломенінгоцелеMMC · Мієломенінгоцеле
zh脊髓脊膜膨出
trMiyelomeningosel

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Cross-references

qualifier = Orphanet mapping relation
SourceCodeQualifierICD relationValidation
ICD-10Q05.0NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.1NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.2NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.3NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.4NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.5NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.6NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.7NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.8NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-10Q05.9NTBTattributedvalidated
ICD-11LA02.1NTBTattributedvalidated
MONDO0019773Evalidated
UMLSC5781264Evalidated
GARD3475Evalidated

E exact · NTBT this ORPHAcode is narrower than the target · BTNT broader than the target · ND not decided.

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Classification

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Genes

0 direct

Orphanet records no gene directly on this code.

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Prevalence and incidence

0 records

No prevalence record in this release.

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HPO phenotypes

Orphanet has no HPO annotation for this code in this release.

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