A type of encephalocele (that is, a a protrusion of part of the cranial contents including brain tissue through a congenital opening in the cranium, typically covered with skin or mucous membrane) in the occipital region of the skull. Occipital encephalocele presents as a midline swelling over the occipital bone. It is usually covered with normal full-thickness scalp. (Human Phenotype Ontology, HP_0002085)
13 genes associated with the occipital encephalocele phenotype by mapping known disease genes to disease phenotypes from the HPO Gene-Disease Associations dataset.
