Turricephaly | |
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Other names | Oxycephaly, [1] Acrocephaly, Hypsicephaly, [1] Oxycephalia, [1] Steeple head, [1] Tower head, [1] Tower skull, High-head syndrome, Turmschädel [2] |
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Specialty | Dysmorphology |
Symptoms | reduced head length and width for age |
Turricephaly is a type of cephalic disorder where the head appears tall with a small length and width. [3] [4] It is due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, [5] or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures. [2] It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly (or acrocephaly) is a form of turricephaly where the head is cone-shaped, and is the most severe of the craniosynostoses. [4]
It may be associated with: [6]
Conditions with turricephaly include: [7] [8]
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Turricephaly | |
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Other names | Oxycephaly, [1] Acrocephaly, Hypsicephaly, [1] Oxycephalia, [1] Steeple head, [1] Tower head, [1] Tower skull, High-head syndrome, Turmschädel [2] |
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Specialty | Dysmorphology |
Symptoms | reduced head length and width for age |
Turricephaly is a type of cephalic disorder where the head appears tall with a small length and width. [3] [4] It is due to premature closure of the coronal suture plus any other suture, like the lambdoid, [5] or it may be used to describe the premature fusion of all sutures. [2] It should be differentiated from Crouzon syndrome. Oxycephaly (or acrocephaly) is a form of turricephaly where the head is cone-shaped, and is the most severe of the craniosynostoses. [4]
It may be associated with: [6]
Conditions with turricephaly include: [7] [8]
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