Observations on Oxycephaly in a Family
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a tower or steeple. Hence such a skull is often called a tower skull or steeple head. The supra-orbital ridges are low and feebly marked, and the hairy scalp begins at a high level. The eyes which are unduly prominent (exophthalmos) are set far apart (hypertelorism and are often divergent. The arch of the hard palate is also high and narrow, and there may be a varying degree of prognathism. Sometimes, this condition may be associated with other congenital abnormalities, such as polyor syndactyly, mongolism, talipes, malformations of the ear, etc. The general consensus of opinion about the pathogenesis of oxycephaly is that the deformity is primarily due to premature synostosis of certain sutures of the skull. The actual site of the synostosis determines the ultimate form of the deformity, e.g., synostosis at the coronal and lambdoidal sutures leads to the development of
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دوره 78 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1943