apert syndrome is a congenital craniosynostosis syndrome comprising of bilateral coronal synostosis , symmetric syndactyly of hands and feet and midface hypoplasia. we present an atypical phenotype of this syndrome with right sided unilateral coronal synostosis. however, type i apert hand and other clinical and radiological features suggestthe diagnosis. genetic analysis revealed an absence of ...

Frontosphenoidal craniosynostosis is an extremely rare and often misdiagnosed cause of anterior plagiocephaly. Careful clinical examination radiological features allow to differentiate between this entity other forms frontal asymmetry.

Introduction Plagiocephaly is a term used to describe an asymmetry in the shape of the skull. Non-synostotic plagiocephaly describes a flattening of the skull that evolves into two types of shape deformities (Figure 1). Firstly, the posterior-lateral Background: Plagiocephaly is a condition that affects the shape of the skull in infants. The research has suggested that there is a growing associ...

he practice of head deformation by pressure to an infant's skull dates back to 2000 BC when the Ancient Egyptians used head binding to produce a cosmetically pleasing and fashionable skull shape. 1 With an increasing incidence of plagiocephaly (asymmetric skull) this practice, with a modern slant, is re-emerging. A simple web search resulted in five " paediatric offices " offering such a servic...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this work was to identify risk factors for deformational plagiocephaly within 48 hours of birth and at 7 weeks of age. PATIENTS AND METHODS This was a prospective cohort study in which 380 healthy neonates born at term in Bernhoven Hospital in Veghel were followed at birth and at 7 weeks of age. Data regarding obstetrics, sociodemographics, asymmetry of the skull, ant...

BACKGROUND Nasal deviation plays an important role in plagiocephaly nosography, and it is frequent in plagiocephaly and objectivable both in early treated patients and in those patients who did not undergo any surgical correction. PATIENTS AND METHODS The group analyzed consisted of 12 patients affected by anterior synostotic plagiocephaly. All of them had reached the end of growth. A morphol...