ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA05 — Cerebral structural developmental anomalies
LA05.6 — Encephaloclastic disorders
LA05.60 — Porencephaly
ICD-11 LA05.60 — Porencephaly
Porencephaly is characterised by a circumscribed intracerebral cavity of variable size that may be bordered by abnormal polymicrogyric grey matter. In extreme cases, this cavity may result in a communication between the pial surface and the ventricle; this is termed schizencephaly.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: