Macrocephaly

Macrocephaly is a condition in which the human head is abnormally large; this includes the scalp, the cranial bone, and the contents of the cranium. It may be pathological or benign, even a familial genetic characteristic. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Synonyms
Macrocrania
Megalencephaly
May Cause
Enlarging head
Frontal bossing
Large head in infant
Separation of cranial sutures in a child
May Be Caused by
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency
Achondrogenesis
Achondroplasia
Acrocallosal syndrome
Acromegaloid facial appearance syndrome
Agenesis of corpus callosum and macrocephaly
Alexander disease
Aqueduct stenosis
Atkin-Flaitz syndrome
Autism
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Benign macrocephaly of infancy
Benign subdural fluid collection of infancy
Campomelic dysplasia
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Canavan disease
Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome
Cerebro-osseous-digital syndrome
Chiari II malformation
Choroid plexus papilloma
Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome
Chromosome 2q deletion syndrome
Chromosome 5p duplication syndrome
Chromosome syndrome
Clark-Baraitser syndrome
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Cole-Hughes macrocephaly syndrome
Congenital macrocephaly
Costello syndrome
Crane-Heise syndrome
Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
Cranioectodermal dysplasia
Craniometadiaphyseal dysplasia
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
Dandy-Walker syndrome
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Endosteal hyperostosis van Buchem type
Expansion of middle fossa
Facial dysmorphism - macrocephaly - myopia - Dandy-Walker malformation
Familial megalencephaly
FAOR syndrome
FG syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Frontonasal syndrome
Glutaric aciduria type 1
GM1 gangliosidosis
Gorlin syndrome
Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome
Growth hormone deficiency
Hemicerebral arterial ectasia
Hemimegalencephaly
Hydranencephaly
Hydrocephalus
Hydrolethalus
Hyperphosphatasia
Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia
Hypochondrogenesis
Hypochondroplasia
Hypomelanosis of Ito
Hypothyroidism
Infantile multisystem inflammatory disease
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Laron syndrome
Lenz-Majewski dysplasia
Lhermitte-Duclos disease
Linear sebaceous nevus syndrome and unilateral megalencephaly
Macrocephaly - immune deficiency - anemia
Macrocephaly - short stature - paraplegia
Macrocephaly - spastic paraplegia - dysmorphism
Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectasia syndrome
Maple syrup urine disease
Marfan syndrome
Marshall-Smith syndrome
Megencephalic leukoencephalopathy
Meier-Gorlin syndrome
Meningitis
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Methylmalonic acidemia
MMMM syndrome
MOMO syndrome
MPPH syndrome
Mucolipidosis
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multiple hemangiomatosis syndrome
N-acetylaspartic aciduria
Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Nevo syndrome
Noonan syndrome
Oculo-ectodermal syndrome
Oculoectodermal syndrome
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis - macrocephaly - blindness - joint hyperlaxity
Overgrowth - macrocephaly - facial dysmorphism
Overgrowth syndrome
Paget disease of bone
Parietal foramina-clavicular hypoplasia dysplasia
Pectus excavatum - macrocephaly - dysplastic nails
Pituitary gigantism
Porencephalic cyst
Posterior fossa cyst
Posterior fossa dermoid
Posterior fossa teratoma
Premature craniosynostosis
Proteus syndrome
Pyknodysostosis
Raine-like desmosterolosis
Ritscher-Shinzel syndrome
Robinow syndrome
Schwarz-Lélek syndrome
Sclerosteosis
Silver-Russell syndrome
Sotos syndrome
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Subarachnoid cyst adjacent to calvarium
Subdural hematoma
Tay-Sachs disease
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Toxoplasmosis
Trisomy 8
Tuberous sclerosis
Tumor adjacent to calvarium
Vein of Galen aneurysm
Weaver syndrome
Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
X-linked intellectual deficit - macrocephaly - macro-orchidism
X-linked recessive intellectual deficit - macrocephaly - ciliary dysfunction
Yunis-Varon syndrome
Zellweger syndrome
Macrocrania
Megalencephaly
3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A lyase deficiency
Achondrogenesis
Achondroplasia
Acrocallosal syndrome
Acromegaloid facial appearance syndrome
Agenesis of corpus callosum and macrocephaly
Alexander disease
Aqueduct stenosis
Atkin-Flaitz syndrome
Autism
Bannayan-Riley-Ruvalcaba syndrome
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome
Benign macrocephaly of infancy
Benign subdural fluid collection of infancy
Campomelic dysplasia
Camurati-Engelmann disease
Canavan disease
Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome
Cerebro-osseous-digital syndrome
Chiari II malformation
Choroid plexus papilloma
Chromosome 1q duplication syndrome
Chromosome 2q deletion syndrome
Chromosome 5p duplication syndrome
Chromosome syndrome
Clark-Baraitser syndrome
Cleidocranial dysostosis
Cole-Hughes macrocephaly syndrome
Congenital macrocephaly
Costello syndrome
Crane-Heise syndrome
Craniodiaphyseal dysplasia
Cranioectodermal dysplasia
Craniometadiaphyseal dysplasia
Craniometaphyseal dysplasia
Cronkhite-Canada syndrome
Dandy-Walker syndrome
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Endosteal hyperostosis van Buchem type
Expansion of middle fossa
Facial dysmorphism - macrocephaly - myopia - Dandy-Walker malformation
Familial megalencephaly
FAOR syndrome
FG syndrome
Fragile X syndrome
Frontonasal syndrome
Glutaric aciduria type 1
GM1 gangliosidosis
Gorlin syndrome
Greig cephalopolysyndactyly syndrome
Growth hormone deficiency
Hemicerebral arterial ectasia
Hemimegalencephaly
Hydranencephaly
Hydrocephalus
Hydrolethalus
Hyperphosphatasia
Hypertrichotic osteochondrodysplasia
Hypochondrogenesis
Hypochondroplasia
Hypomelanosis of Ito
Hypothyroidism
Infantile multisystem inflammatory disease
Klippel-Trénaunay-Weber syndrome
Kniest dysplasia
Laron syndrome
Lenz-Majewski dysplasia
Lhermitte-Duclos disease
Linear sebaceous nevus syndrome and unilateral megalencephaly
Macrocephaly - immune deficiency - anemia
Macrocephaly - short stature - paraplegia
Macrocephaly - spastic paraplegia - dysmorphism
Macrocephaly-cutis marmorata telangiectasia syndrome
Maple syrup urine disease
Marfan syndrome
Marshall-Smith syndrome
Megencephalic leukoencephalopathy
Meier-Gorlin syndrome
Meningitis
Metachromatic leukodystrophy
Methylmalonic acidemia
MMMM syndrome
MOMO syndrome
MPPH syndrome
Mucolipidosis
Mucopolysaccharidosis
Multiple hemangiomatosis syndrome
N-acetylaspartic aciduria
Neurofaciodigitorenal syndrome
Neurofibromatosis
Nevo syndrome
Noonan syndrome
Oculo-ectodermal syndrome
Oculoectodermal syndrome
Osteogenesis imperfecta
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis
Osteopetrosis
Osteoporosis - macrocephaly - blindness - joint hyperlaxity
Overgrowth - macrocephaly - facial dysmorphism
Overgrowth syndrome
Paget disease of bone
Parietal foramina-clavicular hypoplasia dysplasia
Pectus excavatum - macrocephaly - dysplastic nails
Pituitary gigantism
Porencephalic cyst
Posterior fossa cyst
Posterior fossa dermoid
Posterior fossa teratoma
Premature craniosynostosis
Proteus syndrome
Pyknodysostosis
Raine-like desmosterolosis
Ritscher-Shinzel syndrome
Robinow syndrome
Schwarz-Lélek syndrome
Sclerosteosis
Silver-Russell syndrome
Sotos syndrome
Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita
Subarachnoid cyst adjacent to calvarium
Subdural hematoma
Tay-Sachs disease
Thanatophoric dysplasia
Toxoplasmosis
Trisomy 8
Tuberous sclerosis
Tumor adjacent to calvarium
Vein of Galen aneurysm
Weaver syndrome
Wiedemann-Rautenstrauch syndrome
X-linked intellectual deficit - macrocephaly - macro-orchidism
X-linked recessive intellectual deficit - macrocephaly - ciliary dysfunction
Yunis-Varon syndrome
Zellweger syndrome