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Craniofacial morphology was studied in 45 shunt-treated hydrocephalic children and 7 untreated hydrocephalic patients. A sample of 74 normal children from northern Finland were used as controls. Following shunt treatment the sella turcica became shallow and J-shaped. The cranial base angles changed markedly during shunt treatment. The cranial base angles were more obtuse in untreated patients than in control subjects, whereas the opposite was the case in shunt treated patients. The Nasion-Sella-Basion angle was 143.4 degrees in untreated hydrocephalic patients, 132.6 degrees in normal subjects and 127.9 in shunt-treated hydrocephalics. The changes in cranial base angles appeared to be progressive during a two-year follow-up period.
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Huggare, J., Kantomaa, T., Serlo, W. et al. Craniofacial morphology in untreated and shunt-treated hydrocephalic children. Acta neurochir 97, 107–110 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01772818
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