Neurosurgery Terms in MyChart
Please refer to the tables below to find the neurosurgery term to choose when scheduling appointments in MyChart.
TERM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD |
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Abnormal head shape |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Abnormal spine bones |
Spinal deformity |
Abnormal tone |
Cerebral palsy |
Abnormal vascular stain |
Tethered cord |
Abnormal vertebra |
Spinal deformity |
Aneurysm |
Aneurysm |
Arachnoid cyst |
Arachnoid Cyst |
Arachnoid cyst shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Arnold Chiari malformation |
Chiari malformation |
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) |
Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) |
Big head size |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Brachial plexopathy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Brachial plexus injury |
Brachial plexus injury |
Brachycephaly |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Brain blood vessel problem |
Brain blood vessel problem |
Brain cyst |
Brain cyst |
Brain infection |
Brain abscess / infection |
Brain injury |
Head trauma |
Brain pus |
Brain abscess / infection |
Brain vascular abnormality |
Brain vascular abnormality |
Caudal regression |
Tethered cord |
Cavernoma |
Brain vascular abnormality |
Cerebellar tonsils |
Chiari malformation |
Cerebral palsy |
Cerebral palsy |
Chiari |
Chiari malformation |
Chiari malformation |
Chiari malformation |
Closed head injury |
Closed head injury |
Coccygeal dimple |
Tethered cord |
Concussion |
Head trauma |
Congenital vertebral anomaly |
Spinal deformity |
Congenital vertebral anomaly |
Tethered cord |
Craniosynostosis |
Craniosynostosis |
Cut nerve |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Cyst-peritoneal shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Cyst-pleural shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
TERM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD |
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Dermal sinus tract |
Tethered cord |
Dermoid |
Dermoid |
Dimple |
Tethered cord |
Dystonia |
Cerebral palsy |
EG |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
Eosinophilic granuloma |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
Erb palsy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Extremity nerve injury |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Fatty filum |
Tethered cord |
Fibrous dysplasia |
Fibrous dysplasia |
Filum |
Tethered cord |
Flat head |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Fluid in the spinal cord |
Chiari malformation |
Head banging |
Headaches |
Head deformity |
Head Deformity |
Head injury |
Head trauma |
Head lesion |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
Head pain |
Headaches |
Head trauma |
Head trauma |
Headaches |
Headaches |
Hemivertebrae |
Spinal deformity |
Hirsutism (abnormal hair) |
Tethered cord |
Hydrocephalus |
Hydrocephalus |
Hydrocephaly |
Hydrocephalus |
Hydromyelia |
Chiari malformation |
Klippel-Feil syndrome |
Spinal deformity |
Klumpke palsy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Lipoma |
Tethered cord |
Lipomyelomeningocele |
Tethered cord |
Low lying conus |
Tethered cord |
Low lying cord |
Tethered cord |
Macrocephaly |
Abnormal head shape or size |
McCune-Albright syndrome |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Median nerve palsy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Meningocele manque |
Tethered cord |
TERM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD |
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Microcephaly |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Migraine |
Headaches |
Movement disorder |
Cerebral palsy |
Moya moya |
Brain vascular abnormality |
Myelocystocele |
Tethered cord |
Naso-pharyngeal carcinoma |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Naso-pharyngeal tumor |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Nerve stretch |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Neuropathy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Neuropraxia |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Occcult spinal dysraphism |
Tethered cord |
Peripheral nerve |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Peripheral neuropathy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Pineal cyst |
Pineal cyst |
Pit |
Tethered cord |
Pituitary cyst |
Pituitary cyst |
Pituitary tumor |
Pituitary tumor |
Plagiocephaly |
plagiocephaly |
Reservoir |
Hydrocephalus |
Rib hump |
Spinal deformity |
Sacral dimple |
Sacral dimple |
Scalp lesion |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
Scaphocephaly |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Scoliosis |
Scoliosis |
Segmentation anomaly |
Spinal deformity |
Seizure disorder |
Seizure disorder |
Seizures |
Epilepsy |
Severed nerve |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Shoulder dystocia |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Skin abnormality |
Tethered cord |
Skin tag |
Tethered cord |
Skull base tumor |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Skull bump |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
Skull lesion |
Skull or Scalp Lesions |
TERM YOU MAY HAVE HEARD |
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Skull-based lesion |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Small head size |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Spastic gait |
Cerebral palsy |
Spasticity |
Cerebral palsy |
Sphenoid tumor |
Skull-base lesion/tumor |
Spina bifida |
Tethered cord |
Spina bifida occulta |
Tethered cord |
Spinal cord compression |
Spinal cord compression |
Spinal curvature |
Spinal deformity |
Spinal deformity |
Spinal deformity |
Spinal hemangioma |
Tethered cord |
Spinal instability |
Spinal instability |
Spondylolisthesis |
Spinal deformity |
Subgaleal shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Synostosis |
Abnormal head shape or size |
Syringohydromyelia |
Chiari malformation |
Syringomyelia |
Syringomyelia |
Syrinx |
Chiari malformation |
Tethered cord |
Tethered cord |
Tonsillar ectopia |
Chiari malformation |
Ulnar nerve palsy |
Peripheral nerve injury |
Uneven head shape |
Abnormal head shape or size |
VA shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
VACTERL |
Tethered cord |
VATER’s syndrome |
Tethered cord |
Ventricular shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Vertebral segmentation anomaly |
Tethered cord |
V-gallbladder shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
VP shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
VP Shunt (Ventriculoperitoneal) shunt |
VP Shunt (Ventriculoperitoneal) shunt |
V-pleural shunt |
Hydrocephalus |
Water on the brain |
Hydrocephalus |
Weird shaped head |
Abnormal head shape or size |